Brian Buckley | |
Fullname: | Brian William Buckley |
Birth Date: | 29 March 1935 |
Birth Place: | Footscray, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Gisborne |
Height: | 183 cm |
Weight: | 80 kg |
Statsend: | 1959 |
Years1: | 1956–59 |
Games Goals1: | 37 (3) |
Brian William Buckley (29 March 1935 – 26 May 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
After football he became a teacher, journalist, a political press secretary for Phillip Lynch and then a political consultant. Married twice, including to former mayor of the City of Yarra, Jackie Fristacky, Buckley died in 2013 from cancer.[2]