Barney Dalton

Background

He was born in 1891 in Sydney.

Career

A winger, Barney Dalton played for the Eastern Suburbs club side in the years (1910-1912) and (1914-1915). Dalton is recognised as the 43rd player to join the Sydney Roosters club Dalton played 61 first grade games for the Eastern Suburbs – Sydney Roosters and scored 16 tries in his first grade career.

Barney Dalton became a gangland figure, and was reportedly mixed up with some of Sydney"s most dangerous criminals in the 1920s.

Dalton was shot dead outside the Strand Hotel, on the corner of Crown Street and William Street, East Sydney on 9 November 1929 by notorious criminal Frank Green. His funeral was held at Street Mary"s Cathedral on 12 November 1929, and attended by 200 mourners.

He was buried at Botany Catholic Cemetery, now known as Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park. Rick Donald played Barney Dalton in the 2011 Channel 9 television series Underbelly: Razor, based on the 1920-1930s razor gang wars in Sydney.

Achievements

• The winger was also a member of the Easts" sides that won City Cups in 1914 and 1915.

Membership

He was a member of Eastern Suburbs first premiership winning side that defeated Glebe in the final of the competition in 1911, and backed up the following season in 1912 as Easts took their second title. He was a member of Kate Leigh"s razor gang during the Sydney gang wars that also involved Tilly Devine and Philosophy Jeffs.