Full name Barney Lazarus Name Barney Lazarus | ||
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Date of birth (1879-12-18)18 December 1879 Date of death 6 May 1962(1962-05-06) (aged 82) Died May 6, 1962, Sydney, Australia | ||
Barney Lazarus (18 December 1879 – 6 May 1962) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
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. In 2015 it was discovered that Lazarus was Jewish, making him one of the few Jews to have played senior VFL/AFL football.
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