Barrie Robran

Barrie Robran
Statue of Robran outside Adelaide Oval
Personal information
Full name	Barrie Charles Robran
Date of birth	(1947-09-25) 25 September 1947 (age 69)
Place of birth	Whyalla, South Australia
Original team(s)	North Whyalla
Position(s)	Centre Half-Forward, Ruck Rover, Centre
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1967–80	North Adelaide	201 (196)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
	South Australia	17 (?)
Coaching career
Years	Club	Games (W–L–D)
1978–80	North Adelaide	? (?)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1980.
Career highlights
3x Magarey Medal: 1968, 1970, 1973 8x North Adelaide Best and Fairest: 1967-1973, 1976 2x SANFL Premiership: 1971, 1972 Championship of Australia Championship: 1972 South Australia State team Captain: 1974 North Adelaide club Captain: 1974–1977 Australian Football Hall of Fame: Inductee 1996, Legend Status 2001 North Adelaide Team of the Century: (Ruck Rover) South Australian Football Hall of Fame North Adelaide Hall of Fame - (Icon Status) South Australia State selector: 1984-1998

Barrie Charles Robran MBE (born 25 September 1947 in Whyalla, South Australia) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) during the 1960s and 1970s.

Robran is generally considered to be the greatest ever South Australian Football player. His career spanned 14 seasons and he won South Australian football's highest individual honour, the Magarey Medal, on three occasions – 1968, 1970 and 1973.

Robran won immense respect not only for his talent, but also his humility and sportsmanship. He played most of his time at centre half-forward, but was versatile enough to also play in the centre or on the ball as a ruck-rover. He resisted many overtures to play in Victoria, at one stage signing a form four with Carlton so that the Victorian recruiters would stop pestering him. Off the field, Robran kept a low public profile and shunned much publicity.

Robran was the firstborn son of father Colin and mother Glad. He had a younger brother, Rodney. He was educated at Whyalla Technical High School and was School Prefect in his final year, 1964. A natural athlete, Robran excelled not only at football, but also played cricket, basketball and table tennis. He also participated in cross-country running and baseball.

Robran joined North Adelaide so that he could play alongside his hero Don Lindner. He made his debut on 15 April 1967 against Sturt at Unley Oval.