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Barney Lazarus
Barney Lazarus
Personal information
Full name	Barnett Joseph Lazarus
Born	18 December 1879; London
Died	6 May 1962 (aged 82); Sydney
Original team	Carlton Juniors
Playing career1
Years	Club
1902	Carlton
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Barnett Joseph 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.
1 2 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 at AustralianFootball.com
Barney Lazarus's profile at Blueseum

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[encyc-1] 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.

[jew-2] 1 2 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.

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