Barry Hall

Barry Hall
Barry Hall playing for the Swans
Personal information
Full name	Barry Hall
Nickname(s)	Bazza, Big Bad Barry
Date of birth	(1977-02-08) 8 February 1977 (age 40)
Place of birth	Broadford, Victoria
Original team(s)	Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)
Draft	No. 19, 1995 national draft
Height / weight	194 cm / 104 kg
Position(s)	Forward
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1996–2001	St Kilda	088 (144)
2002–2009	Sydney	162 (467)
2010–2011	Western Bulldogs	039 (135)
Total		289 (746)
International team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
2003–2006	Australia	4
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2011.
Career highlights
AFL premiership player: 2005 Sydney captain: 2006–2008 AFLCA Champion Player of the Year: 2005 2× St Kilda leading goalkicker: 1999, 2001 7× Sydney leading goalkicker: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2× Western Bulldogs leading goalkicker: 2010, 2011 4× All-Australian team: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010 Bob Skilton Medal: 2004 Michael Tuck Medal: 2010
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Barry Hall (born 8 February 1977) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is considered to be one of the best forwards of the modern era, being named All-Australian, leading his club's goalkicking on eleven occasions and captaining the Sydney Swans to their 2005 AFL Grand Final victory. In July 2011, Hall created history by becoming the first player to kick 100 goals for three different AFL teams.

Hall began his career at the St Kilda Football Club where he twice led the club's goalkicking in 1999 and 2001. He is best known for his career with the Sydney Swans. He was one of the Swans best players during his time at the club, topping the club goalkicking from 2002 to 2008 and co-captaining the side from 2005 to 2007, including the club's drought breaking premiership in 2005. He also featured heavily in the AFL's promotion in Sydney, gaining a similarly high profile to Tony Lockett which saw him featured in a 2006 AFL and Swans joint promotion known as "Barry Hall Hall".

The former junior boxing champion's AFL career has been marred by a reputation for on-field aggression, which has earned him the label of football "wild man" and he became one of the most feared players on the field. Several controversial and highly publicised incidents (often called "brain snaps" by the media) and tribunal appearances have interrupted his career and contributed to a change of clubs.

Hall was born in Victoria and grew up in Broadford. Hall played his junior football in Broadford. However his other interests were martial arts and boxing.

At the age of 12 Hall moved to Melbourne to pursue a boxing career. Training out of a makeshift boxing gym (his father's garage), he won a state title in his early teenage years and had fought in 15 fights by the age of 15.