Barry Padley | |
Fullname: | Barry G. Padley |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1949 |
Birth Place: | Albert Park, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Reservoir-Lakeside |
Height: | 178 cm |
Weight: | 76 kg |
Statsend: | 1978 |
Years1: | 1968–1978 |
Club1: | Fitzroy |
Games Goals1: | 159 (94) |
Barry Padley (born 22 October 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Padley was a utility, recruited from Diamond Valley Football League side Reservoir-Lakeside.[1]
In his first season, he was badly injured in a game against St Kilda, puncturing a lung and breaking four ribs.[2]
Padley kicked 24 goals in the 1971 VFL season, a career high.[3]
He was a member of Fitzroy's 1978 night premiership team.
Padley coached Heidelberg in 1981 and 1982, winning their best and fairest award in the first of those years.