Ernie Barber | |
Fullname: | Ernest Milner Barber |
Birth Date: | 30 May 1895 |
Birth Place: | Horsham, Victoria |
Death Place: | Cheltenham, Victoria |
Originalteam: | Williamstown Juniors |
Statsend: | 1919 |
Years1: | 1918–1919 |
Club1: | South Melbourne |
Games Goals1: | 21 (28) |
Ernest Milner Barber (30 May 1895 – 29 February 1972) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Barber, who played his junior football for Williamstown Juniors FC, was a forward for South Melbourne.[1] He kicked 20 goals in 1918, his debut season, a total bettered by only two teammates that year.[2] In just his 13th league game he played in a premiership, kicking a goal from the forward pocket in the 1918 VFL Grand Final win over Collingwood.[2]