Ron Barassi

**Ronald Dale Barassi** AM (27 Fabrairu 1936 - 16 Satumba 2023) ya kasance Dan wasan kwallon kafa na Australiya, koci kuma mai watsa Labari. An dauke shi a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan kuma mafi mahimmanci a tarihin wasan, Barassi shine dan wasa na farko da aka kaddamar da shi a cikin Hall of Fame na kwallon kafa na Australia a matsayin "Legend",  kuma yana daya daga cikin 'yan wasan kwallon kafa hudu na Australiya da za a ɗaukaka zuwa wannan matsayi a cikin Hall na Fame na Sport Australia.

Lokacin da Barassi yake dan shekara biyar, mahaifinsa, dan wasan Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Melbourne Ron Barassi Sr., ya mutu a aiki a Tobruk a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu . Barassi ya ƙaddara ya bi sawun mahaifinsa a Melbourne, kuma babban lobbying da kulob din ya yi don daukar shi ya haifar da gabatar da mulkin uba da ɗa, har yanzu ana amfani da shi ta AFL a yau. Barassi daga baya ya zauna tare da Norm Smith, kocin Melbourne a lokacin kuma tsohon abokin aikin mahaifinsa. A karkashin jagorancin Smith, Barassi ya fara aiki a matsayin ruck-rover kuma ya bayyana a bangarori shida da suka lashe gasar Firayim Minista, biyu daga cikinsu ya zama kyaftin.

A shekara ta 1964, a cikin abin da ake kira "mafi girman sa hannu a tarihin league", Barassi ya bar Melbourne don kwangila mai fa'ida a Carlton. Da ya yi ritaya daga wasa a shekarar 1969, ya horar da Carlton zuwa matsayi na farko sau biyu, ciki har da dawowar karshe a shekarar 1970 kafin abin da ya kasance mafi yawan jama'a a tarihin kwallon kafa; Sanannen umarnin Barassi na rabin lokaci ga mutanensa su yi wasa daga alamomi da kwallon hannu a kowane fanni ya zama ana tunawa da shi a matsayin "haihuwar kwallon kafa ta zamani". Barassi ya yi ritaya daga ƙwallon ƙafa a shekara ta 1971, amma an ja shi bayan shekaru biyu ya zama kocin Arewacin Melbourne. A shekara ta 1981, bayan ya jagoranci kulob din zuwa matsayi na farko na biyu, ya koma Melbourne mai rashin lafiya, inda ya fara "Gwajin Irish": daukar 'yan wasan Gaelic cikin dokokin Australia. Lokacin da ya yi a Melbourne, sannan kuma a Sydney Swans a 1993-95, ya kasance da muhimmanci wajen sake gina waɗannan kungiyoyin a matsayin mambobi masu inganci na gasar.

Ayyukan horar da Barassi ya ci nasara kuma mutane da yawa sun ɗauka a matsayin mai juyin juya hali, kuma rikodin sa mai tsabta da sha'awar wasan ya ba shi matsayi a matsayin sananne da mashahuriyar al'adu a Ostiraliya. Wani shahararren mai fafutuka na farko don gasar kulob din kasa, shi ne sunan Barassi Line, wanda ke bayyana rarrabuwar yanki tsakanin lambobin kwallon kafa a Ostiraliya. An kira shi memba na Order of Australia a shekara ta 1978, kuma a shekara ta 1996 an zaba shi a cikin Team of the Century na AFL a matsayin mai tsalle-tsalle. Bayan mutuwarsa, an girmama Barassi da jana'izar jihar.

## Rayuwa ta farko
Ɗan Ron Barassi, Sr., an haifi Barassi a tsakiyar garin Victorian na Castlemaine a ranar 27 ga Fabrairu 1936.  A shekara mai zuwa, mahaifinsa ya koma Melbourne don buga wasan kwallon kafa na VFL tare da Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Melbourne . Wani mai tsalle-tsalle, mahaifin Barassi ya kasance mai ajiya a cikin ƙungiyar firaministan Aljanu ta 1940 kafin ya tafi ya yi aiki tare da sojoji a Arewacin Afirka, inda ya mutu a Siege na Tobruk. Matashin Barassi ya shafe shekarunsa na farko a Guildford, Victoria . Ya yi karatu a Castlemaine Tech sannan kuma a Preston da Footscray techs a Melbourne.

Barassi ɗan Australiya ne na ƙarni na uku  wanda kakanninsa na Swiss Italiyanci suka yi ƙaura zuwa Victoria a lokacin zinariya na shekarun 1850 da 1860. Sun zauna a yankuna kamar Guildford, Castlemaine da Daylesford.

## Australiya ta mallaki wasan kwallon kafa
Barassi ba da gangan ba ya canza wasan kafin ya shiga filin. Bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa a Tobruk a 1941, wani rukuni na 'yan wasa da jami'ai a Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Melbourne sun yi alkawarin tallafawa gwauruwarsa, Elza, da ɗanta. Yayinda yake matashi, Barassi ya ƙaddara ya bi sawun mahaifinsa a Aljanu, amma tsarin yanki na ranar ya buƙaci ya yi wasa ga ko dai Collingwood ko Carlton.

### Mulkin Uba da Ɗa

Don tabbatar da cewa ya taka leda tare da Aljanu, Melbourne ya tafi VFL kuma ya sami nasarar yin kira ga kirkirar mulkin uba da ɗa don ba da damar kulob din da suka fi son daukar ma'aikata ga 'ya'yan wasan da suka ba da gudummawa ga tawagar (ƙananan wasanni 50 a lokacin da aka ƙaddamar). Lokacin da lokacin ya zo don a sanya hannu kan Barassi, Melbourne ta zaba shi daga Preston Scouts a 1952 kuma ya zama dan wasa na biyu da ya sanya hannu a karkashin sabon mulki (bayan Harvey Dunn Jr.). Wannan doka, tare da wasu gyare-gyare kuma an daidaita shi da tsarin rubuce-rubuce da aka kirkira a 1986, yana ci gaba har zuwa yau a cikin AFL.

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