Don Barry | |
Birth Date: | 23 June 1931 |
Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Death Place: | Canmore, Alberta, Canada |
Import: | no |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lbs: | 215 |
Position1: | Centre |
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Playing Years1: | – |
Playing Team1: | Edmonton Eskimos |
Donald Joseph Barry (June 23, 1931 - May 30, 2014) was a Canadian football player who played for the Edmonton Eskimos. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1954, 1955 and 1956. Barry was born in Edmonton[1] [2] He was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 2007 and the City of Edmonton's Hall of Fame in 2010. Don also contributed to Canadian football as a coach in Edmonton: St. Joseph’s High School; St. Anthony’s College, Edmonton Huskies, Edmonton Wildcats, and the University of Alberta Golden Bears (1967-1979: earning two Vanier Cups). He was proud to have been a guest coach (Offensive Line) in the 1987 CFL Players Association All-Star Game. He was married to Susan Kay Middlemiss in 1991. They later retired to Canmore, Alberta where he died in 2014.