AFL world mourns death of Swans icon Round

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By Chris De Silva and Damien McCartney

The AFL satellite is successful mourning contiguous pursuing the decease of Sydney Swans fable Barry Round astatine the property of 72.

Round was 1 of the cardinal men liable for the South Melbourne Football Club's determination to Sydney to go the Sydney Swans successful the 1980s.

He was the Swans' archetypal skipper pursuing the determination to Sydney, starring the squad betwixt 1980 and 1984, and won the Brownlow Medal successful 1981.

Tributes poured retired for Round from each implicit the contention pursuing his death, with AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan highlighting the important relation Round played successful ensuring the Swans would beryllium a unit pursuing the determination to Sydney.

"The aboriginal days of the Swans successful Sydney, aft their achy relocation from the Lake Oval successful Melbourne, were incredibly challenging for the nine arsenic they sought to make a caller instrumentality basal and found themselves astatine the SCG," McLachlan said successful a connection connected Saturday afternoon.

"In a turbulent play arsenic the nine battled to physique its caller beingness and the contention itself grappled with the archetypal signifier of enlargement 4 decades ago, Round held the subordinate radical unneurotic with his larger-than-life personality.

"Under his leadership, and due to the fact that of his leadership, the Swans fought immense obstacles to laic down a instauration that sees them contiguous arsenic 1 of the large clubs of the AFL."

Round began his vocation with Footscray, playing 135 games and kicking 136 goals for the nine betwixt 1968 and 1975.

He past added a further 193 games for the Swans successful some South Melbourne and Sydney earlier his status successful 1985.

The versatile ruckman was a two-time champion and fairest victor with the Swans and besides represented Victoria connected 5 occasions.

He was inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame successful 2001 and successful 2003 helium was besides named arsenic the ruckman successful the Swans' squad of the century. Sydney's grant for the champion clubman is named aft Round.

Round is survived by his spouse Jenni and his 2 children, David and Natalie.

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