Barney Lazarus (18 December 1879 – 6 May 1962) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]
Lazarus made his senior VFL debut in 1902, playing seven games for Carlton. Following his retirement from football, Lazarus moved to Sydney and married there in 1912.[2] In 2015 it was discovered that Lazarus was Jewish, making him one of the few Jews to have played senior VFL/AFL football.[2]
Notes
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
- ^ a b Browne, Ashley. "Historians discover identity of two more Jewish League footballers". AFL Media. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2015.
External links
- Barney Lazarus's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Barney Lazarus's profile at Blueseum