Barry O'Connell
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Barry O'Connell (Paddington, Australia), a rugby league footballer.
Barry was one of three O’Connell brothers to play for the Eastern Suburbs club in the New South Wales Rugby League(NSWRL), older brother Wally captained Australia in that sport.
O’Connell attended Waverly primary and Paddington technical colledge
O’Connell, who played in the halves, was an Easts junior who debuted with the club in the 1956 at the age of 19. In the years 1956-59 he scored 177 points from 11 tries and 72 goals, he made around 60 appearances for the Eatern Suburbs club, many as captain.
In 1960 Barry joined the Manly Warrigah club, playing 85 matches, many of those also as captain. He played for Manly in the years 1960-64). After leaving Manly he took up a role as a captain-coach in the rural NSW town of Mudgee. His final year of rugby league,1967, was spent captaining the Dunedoo club, who play in the Group 14 competition, to there first premiership, and was named as that competitions leading player.
