Certified Legendary Thread RIP - Ron Barassi, the passing of a legend

[Jeremias]

A giant of our game has passed away today.

RIP Ronald Dale Barassi Jr

 

[RPCB]

Sad day indeed.

RIP, Ron Barassi.

 

[Chadwiko]

An absolute giant of footy. An immortal.

The Premiership Cup should be named after him.

 

[Brezsa]

RIP Ron horrible news

 

[RPCB]

Source? Can't find any information about this.

‘He was a god to us’: AFL great Ron Barassi dies

AFL Legend, coaching great and champion player Ron Barassi has been remembered as the game’s most important post-war figure, as his family is offered a state funeral for the football titan.

www.theage.com.au

 

[AndyLucimitis]

End of era.....and what an era !!

 

[Osho]

‘He was a god to us’: AFL great Ron Barassi dies

AFL Legend, coaching great and champion player Ron Barassi has been remembered as the game’s most important post-war figure, as his family is offered a state funeral for the football titan.

www.theage.com.au

 

[Engimal v3]

Always sad when a legend passes. Thanks for #1 & #2!

 

[Osho]

He WAS football for such a long time. Dashing, daring, sharp, straight, magical.

It's a very sad day, the memories are wonderful, but the reminder of mortality ... not so much.

 

[Kreuuuzeurns]

As big as the game itself

What a career and what a life

RIP Ron Barassi

 

[The King!]

sad news one of the great men of this game , left a mark on so many clubs and the league as a whole.

The book the coach was awesome to read

 

[LoungeLizard]

Very sad news

RIP Ronald Dale Barassi

 

[MF]

I had no idea he was unwell.

RIP Ron. He played a huge part in the survival of our club and making it what it is today.

 

[Cyclops]

Very nice man, met him a couple of times and he was respectful and positive.

im told he was an energetic player, very tough and effective, and a fine captain. Maybe not as skilled as the top liners (Ted Whitten called Ron “Mrs Football” because Ted was better) but one of the most important players in the League for years and integral to a dominant dynasty. Big game player too, if you stopped Barrassi you had a shot at stopping Melbourne.

Hes in the running for best coach ever, taking Carlton and North to multiple flags (albeit with dodgy recruiting rule changes in both instances). “Long bombs to Snake” and the 1970 Grand Final are his most memorable coaching moments, both against Collingwood.

 

[Captivating]

RIP RDB

Could never warm to him given his delight in reminiscing about beating Collingwood.

 

[PonsfordMagpie]

A football icon and legend of the sport.

RIP.

 

[brutus76]

Mrs Football

An absolute true legend

 

[Osho]

Very nice man, met him a couple of times and he was respectful and positive.

im told he was an energetic player, very tough and effective, and a fine captain. Maybe not as skilled as the top liners (Ted Whitten called Ron “Mrs Football” because Ted was better) but one of the most important players in the League for years and integral to a dominant dynasty. Big game player too, if you stopped Barrassi you had a shot at stopping Melbourne.

Hes in the running for best coach ever, taking Carlton and North to multiple flags (albeit with dodgy recruiting rule changes in both instances). “Long bombs to Snake” and the 1970 Grand Final are his most memorable coaching moments, both against Collingwood.

I'd say winning North's 1st flag with Hollywood style was #1.

 

[Xtreme]

Footballs saddest day

 

[sherb]

When I picked Carlton as the team to follow in the late 60s, Ron Barassi was the coach.
I was at the 1975 VFL Grand Final when North won their first flag, under Ron Barassi as coach again.
I'd been living in Sydney for a decade or more when the Swans were rock bottom and Ron Barassi stepped in as coach - when he really had nothing left to prove.
So for me he kept popping up in my football adventures.
Just the most wonderful advertisement for our game and an equally wonderful promoter of it as well.
He literally WAS Australian Football. How could you not love him?
RIP

 

[Pakenhamsaint]

Vale Ron.

 

[Ricmel]

Very sad news. Was a gentleman first and a footy great second. RIP RDB

 

[DEVO]

Very sad, he was a major part of North's success in the 1970's and why I became a North Melbourne supporter.

The legend of the game. RIP Ron.

 

[Sphynx]

 

[MrSwannee84]

RIP Legend! Helped put footy on the map in Sydney.

https://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/australian-football-legend-ron-barassi-dies-amid-fall-complications/news-story/ad9dde850448c7702a0df25a59769899

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