Mick Barry (rugby union)

Mick Barry

Birth name	Michael Joseph Barry[1]
Date of birth	(1943-10-21)21 October 1943[1]
Date of death	6 November 2020(2020-11-06) (aged 77)
Place of death	Currumbin, Queensland
School	Marist College Ashgrove
Rugby union career
Position(s) scrum-half[1] International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1971[1] Australia 1[1] (0[1])

Michael Joseph Barry (21 October 1943 – 6 November 2020) was an Australian rugby union player who claimed one international rugby cap for Australia, having also played for Brothers' Rugby Club and the Queensland Reds. After his rugby career ended, a qualified doctor, Barry also worked as an Ear Nose and Throat surgeon in South-East Queensland for several decades. He was also a long-time member of and honorary doctor for the Gold Coast Turf Club, where he was a well-loved local punter.

On 6 November 2020 he drowned after suffering a medical episode while in the sea at Currumbin on Australia's Gold Coast.[2]

References

1. "Scrum.com player profile of Mick Barry". Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
2. Cumming, Sarah. "Former Wallaby Mick Barry drowns at Gold Coast beach after being caught in a rip". ABC News. Retrieved 6 November 2020.