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Herb Barker

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as a hammer thrower and won a bronze medal. He won the Australian hammer throw championship in 1956 weighing just over 70 kg. In 1952 he made his first grade debut as a centre with
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and was one of four children. His father died when he 14 and he was introduced to a wide variety of sports by
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Australian Rugby - The Game and the Players (Jack Pollard Syd, 1994) pp 49: Barker, Herbert Samuel (1929 - )
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Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) Abbreviated Staff List pp 1
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and very soon went into the NSW and Australian sides. He played in internationals against
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Barker played basketball in the NSW team from 1946 until 1956. In the
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before playing in a Kentwell Cup winning team for Moore Park.
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Athletes (track and field) at the 1950 British Empire Games
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In 1966, Barker became a physical education teacher at
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Australian National Champions in Men's Hammer Throw
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Index

Athletics
Australia
Commonwealth Games
1950 Auckland
all-around athlete
Australia
hammer throw
Empire Games
rugby union
Wallaby
New South Wales
Basketball
Sydney
Ray Rosbrook
Moore Park
rugby league
Bourke Street Public School
1950 British Empire Games
represented Australia
Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club
Fiji
New Zealand
South Africa
St George District Rugby League Club
Newington College
athletics
List of Australian athletics champions
List of Australia national rugby union players
List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games Medallists

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