59 Facts About Barry Hall

Barry Andrew Hall was born on 8 February 1977 and 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.

Barry Hall 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 AFL teams.

Barry Hall began his career at the St Kilda Football Club where he twice led the club's goalkicking in 1999 and 2001.

Barry Hall is best known for his career with the Sydney Swans.

Barry Hall 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.

Barry Hall 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".

Barry Hall was born in Victoria and grew up in Broadford, where he played his junior football.

Barry Hall helped fill the void of the record-breaking forward Tony Lockett, who had moved to the Swans the previous season.

Barry Hall played for St Kilda until 2001, kicking 144 goals in 88 games and being the club's leading goalkicker in the 1999 and 2001 seasons.

Barry Hall kicked a career-best 8 goals in Round 16,2001 against the Western Bulldogs.

Barry Hall left St Kilda at the end of 2001 in style, kicking a goal after the final siren of a Round 22 match against Hawthorn to win the match.

Barry Hall joined the Swans for the 2002 season and prospered under the coaching of Paul Roos.

Barry Hall led the club's goalscoring in every season up until 2009 and was named club Best and Fairest in 2004.

Barry Hall has said that he benefited from the move to Sydney, in particular the relative anonymity he enjoyed when first arriving, playing alongside Tony Lockett in Lockett's comeback-from-retirement season.

Barry Hall's form reached a high in 2004 when he was named in the All-Australian team.

Barry Hall then took his game to a whole new level from 2005, and not only bagged 80 goals for the season and a second placing for the Coleman Medal, but set up many more goals as well.

Barry Hall was selected in the All-Australian list in 2005 and 2006 and captained the Swans to their historic 2005 Grand Final premiership victory, their first since 1933.

Barry Hall led the Swans goalkicking in seasons 2005 to 2006, and in that two-year period he kicked two bags of seven against Essendon in their matches in Melbourne.

Barry Hall led the club's goalkicking in seasons 2007 and 2008, but in those two seasons he struggled with suspension and injury.

Barry Hall has kicked big bags of goals against notably weaker opponents such as Carlton.

Barry Hall earned a reputation as a controversial player, with several appearances at the tribunal resulting in four suspensions for a total of 10 matches.

Barry Hall has given away almost twice as many free kicks as he has been given over his career, and in 2003 Swans coach Paul Roos questioned whether Hall was given all the free kicks he deserved.

Barry Hall struggled with injuries through the 2007 season and his form was generally considered to be somewhat down from his peak, although he played a number of outstanding games and still led the club's goalkicking with 44.

In 2008, Barry Hall began the season in good form but, following a punch thrown against West Coast Eagles player Brent Staker and a further incident where he aimed a punch at a Collingwood player, he missed a number of games and was suspended from the Swans' team on 8 July 2008.

Barry Hall kicked a bag of goals in that game and in Round 20, against the Geelong Cats, he kicked five goals and one behind.

In 2008 Barry Hall was awarded the Paul Roos Award for the best player in the finals.

Barry Hall finished the year as Sydney's leading goalkicker for the seventh consecutive year, equalling the club record of Len Mortimer.

Barry Hall kicked his 600th career goal against the Western Bulldogs in Round 10,2009, when he kicked six in that game.

Barry Hall called a press conference on 7 July 2009 to announce that he was no longer going to play for the Swans.

Barry Hall kicked four goals in his last game for the club.

Barry Hall then kicked four goals against Port Adelaide and had a part in the final and winning goal which gave the Bulldogs a place in the NAB Cup grand final against his first club, St Kilda.

Barry Hall was awarded the Michael Tuck Medal for best on ground.

Barry Hall made his home-and-away debut for the Bulldogs in Round 1 against Collingwood at Docklands Stadium, but his side were defeated by 36 points.

In 2010 Barry Hall was tripped by Essendon defender and rival Dustin Fletcher in Round 10, costing Fletcher a one-match suspension.

Barry Hall finished second on the 2010 Coleman Medal table with 73 goals in the home and away season, behind Richmond's Jack Riewoldt.

Barry Hall kicked his 700th goal against the Gold Coast Suns in Round 3,2011 and in Round 17,2011 against North Melbourne he became the first player to kick over 100 goals for three clubs when he kicked five goals.

On 19 July 2011, Barry Hall announced his intention to retire at the end of the 2011 season.

Barry Hall ended his AFL career with 40 goals in his last eight matches and 55 overall for the 2011 AFL season.

Whilst playing in a reserves game for St Kilda against North Melbourne in Round 14 in 1997, Barry Hall struck Sam McFarlane, a slightly built wingman, in the jaw, breaking it in three places.

In frustration his outburst lead to an altercation with teammates Matthew Lappin and Shane Wakelin where Barry Hall had to be restrained by his teammates and trainers.

In July 2002, while playing for Sydney, Barry Hall was suspended for five matches after being found guilty of clawing the face of Port Adelaide ruckman Matthew Primus during a Swans loss at the SCG.

Barry Hall had been charged on video evidence with making "unreasonable and unnecessary contact to the face".

Barry Hall acknowledged he had made contact with Primus's face, but denied he had tried to eye-gouge him.

Later in the same game, Barry Hall broke his wrist on the metal railing behind a soft cardboard advertising board.

Barry Hall was suspended for seven games, one of the most severe punishments in the modern era by the AFL Tribunal.

Barry Hall was handed a one-match suspension for an attempted strike on Collingwood's Shane Wakelin, his former St Kilda teammate, in Round 14,2008.

Sydney co-captain Brett Kirk later claimed that Barry Hall's habit of hitting opposition players off the ball is a "bad habit".

On 22 May 2010 Barry Hall was again the centre of attention when he was pushed over by North Melbourne defender Scott Thompson while tying his shoelace, triggering an ugly altercation between Barry Hall and several other North Melbourne players.

Barry Hall reacted to the taunts by putting Thompson in a headlock and was reported for both wrestling and rough conduct.

Barry Hall was later found guilty of wrestling and fined, but not guilty of rough conduct.

Barry Hall met South African television personality, Lauren Brant, while filming I'm a Celebrity.

In May 2017 Brant and her partner Barry Hall announced the birth of their baby boy, Miller Barry Hall.

In 2015, Barry Hall appeared in the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity.

In 2018, Barry Hall was immediately dismissed from radio station Triple M after making on-air remarks which were deemed unacceptable and inappropriate by station management.

Barry Hall participated on the third season of the Seven Network's reality quasi-military training television programme SAS Australia: Who Dares Wins, which premiered on 21 February 2022.

In June 2021 Barry Hall confirmed he will undertake another two fights.

Barry Hall squared off against Sonny Bill Williams in his second professional fight on March 23,2022, in which the referee stopped the fight after Barry Hall was dropped three times by Bill Williams in the first round, and Williams won by TKO.

Barry Hall was knocked out in 87 seconds by Scott, 21 years his junior, casting doubts on his future in the sport.