Leo Barry Retirement????

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  • Primmy
    Proud Tragic Swan
    • Apr 2008
    • 5970

    #61
    The Club Champion Dinner is building to be a HUGE night out! My camera's batteries are being rebooted even as I type.
    If you've never jumped from one couch to the other to save yourself from lava then you didn't have a childhood

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    • Lucky Knickers
      Fandom of Fabulousness
      • Oct 2003
      • 4220

      #62
      Originally posted by lwoggardner
      Did you notice that his eyes are closed in a lot of the marking shots? I'd thought "that mark" was a once-off but apparently not.
      I didn't actually. What I was thinking to myself as I was scrolling through them was that it is the end of the battle of the Harry High Pants between Leo and Lloyd.
      Nothing bought a smile to my face more in our games against Essendon over the years than to see the two of them line up on each other and check out who won the battle. Of course a victory at the end made the smile wider.

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      • 573v30
        On the bandwagon...
        • Sep 2005
        • 5017

        #63
        Originally posted by Lucky Knickers
        One of the most courageous and committed players to pull on the glorious Red and White. This guy epitomises the bloods spirit.
        Thanks Leo for many great memories.

        There are some awesome shots in the SMH gallery along with some funny ones as well!
        Those are some great pics of Leaping Leo.
        I only support one team: The SYDNEY SWANS!!!!! :adore

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        • Bear
          Best and Fairest
          • Feb 2003
          • 1022

          #64
          Another great highlight was the way he threw himself at the ball and crunched a Geelong player in the dyeing seconds of the Semi Final... keeping the contest alive before a ball up and Davis kicking "that goal"...

          then the next week he physically took on and beat Gehric the Gorilla and typically danced around him running out of defence and launched another attack, leaving Gehric with a dislocated finger and bruised ego...

          then the next week... the rest is history.
          "As a player he simply should not have been able to do the things he did. Leo was a 185cm, 88kg full-back and played on some of the biggest, fastest and best full-forwards of all time, and constantly beat them." Roos.
          Leo Barry? you star! We'll miss ya, ''Leapin''.

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          • ShockOfHair
            One Man Out
            • Dec 2007
            • 3668

            #65
            Star quote from Leo.

            ''Generally, I didn't know what I'd do at any given time on a footy ground, and opposition players felt the same way."
            Brave Barry decides his next great leap will be into retirement - RFNews

            I'm missing him already.
            The man who laughs has not yet heard the terrible news

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            • Lohengrin
              On the Rookie List
              • Jul 2008
              • 641

              #66
              LOL That's a brilliant quote!

              I also liked how he said in his press conference that he would probably only be remembered for THAT mark. As he said it I thought, not such a bad thing to be remembered for. And then he followed up with the same sentiment.

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              • Plugger46
                Senior Player
                • Apr 2003
                • 3674

                #67
                Gun at his peak and will be forever remembered for THAT mark.

                You will be missed Leo.
                Bloods

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                • Industrial Fan
                  Goodesgoodesgoodesgoodes!
                  • Aug 2006
                  • 3317

                  #68
                  I'm just glad he wont be remembered for "THAT" shepard of Tyson Stenglein.

                  Would always scream for him to have a bounce when he backed himself in a corner. A great entertainer.
                  He ate more cheese, than time allowed

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                  • Bear
                    Best and Fairest
                    • Feb 2003
                    • 1022

                    #69
                    Originally posted by Industrial Fan
                    I'm just glad he wont be remembered for "THAT" shepard of Tyson Stenglein.
                    Yeah, Stenglein deviated and ran into Leo standing on the mark. Stenglein shepherds illegally AND gets a free!?? Maggot
                    "As a player he simply should not have been able to do the things he did. Leo was a 185cm, 88kg full-back and played on some of the biggest, fastest and best full-forwards of all time, and constantly beat them." Roos.
                    Leo Barry? you star! We'll miss ya, ''Leapin''.

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                    • dimelb
                      pr. dim-melb; m not f
                      • Jun 2003
                      • 6889

                      #70
                      Fine piece on Leo from Martin Blake
                      Leaping Leo's key moments - RFNews - theage.com.au
                      He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                      • Go Swannies
                        Veterans List
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 5697

                        #71
                        Originally posted by dimelb
                        Fine piece on Leo from Martin Blake
                        Leaping Leo's key moments - RFNews - theage.com.au
                        Except he's got it wrong on the Stenglein incident. It was in 2005 that happened. 2006 was the year we won the Subi game (Magic's run-on goal) and lost the GF. 2005 we lost at Subi after we were robbed by the Stenglein decision and won the GF.

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                        • dimelb
                          pr. dim-melb; m not f
                          • Jun 2003
                          • 6889

                          #72
                          Originally posted by Go Swannies
                          Except he's got it wrong on the Stenglein incident. It was in 2005 that happened. 2006 was the year we won the Subi game (Magic's run-on goal) and lost the GF. 2005 we lost at Subi after we were robbed by the Stenglein decision and won the GF.
                          You're quite right of course. Mrs d pointed it out to me too. Apart from that, the best piece I've seen on Leapin.
                          He reminds him of the guys, close-set, slow, and never rattled, who were play-makers on the team. (John Updike, seeing Josh Kennedy in a crystal ball)

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                          • Donners
                            On the Rookie List
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 1061

                            #73
                            So Walls made a fool of himself as usual by saying it was his last game against Geelong.

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                            • Donners
                              On the Rookie List
                              • Jan 2003
                              • 1061

                              #74
                              Leo on Before the Game tonight...

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                              • ugg
                                Can you feel it?
                                Site Admin
                                • Jan 2003
                                • 15969

                                #75
                                Originally posted by Donners
                                Leo on Before the Game tonight...
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