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Name	Ronald Dale Barassi
Born	27 February, 1936 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Died	16 September, 2023 (aged 87) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Barassi, Carlo Giuseppe (grandfather)
Education *	Castlemaine Technical School (Vic) (student, 1948-1949) Preston Technical School (Melbourne) (student, 1950-1951) Footscray Technical College (Melbourne) (student, 1952-1952)
Occupation or Descriptor *	Australian Rules player (1953-1969) Victoria, Australia Australian Rules coach (1965-1985) Victoria, Australia Australian Rules coach (1993-1995) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1978) Australian Football Hall of Fame (legend, 1996) Australian Sports Medal (recipient, 2000) Melburnian of the Year (recipient, 2006) Sport Australia Hall of Fame - Legend (inductee, 2006)
Political Activism *	republican
Workplaces *	Melbourne Football Club (player, 1953-1964) Carlton Football Club (Melbourne) (coach, 1965-1971) Carlton Football Club (Melbourne) (player, 1965-1969) North Melbourne Football Club (coach, 1973-1980) Melbourne Football Club (coach, 1981-1985) Sydney Swans (coach, 1993-1995)

* Dates are approximate

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