Tags: Australian Rules Football Player.
Barry Connolly (30 August 1938 – 6 May 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).A centreman Connolly spent the 1958 VFL season at Footscray and kicked three goals against Richmond on his debut. At the end of the year he returned to the country and went on to have a long career as a player coach and administrator.In 1965 he was seriously injured while working at a tin mine when a barrel of sulphuric acid exploded.