fullname heightweight death_date years clubs statsend originalteam birth_date article_title name
barrie bretland 180 ; kg & nbsp ; cm / 78 & nbsp 28 october 1998 1949-1950 geelong 1950 golden point 19 april 1928 barrie bretland
 barrie bretland
barrie bretland

barrie bretland -lrb- 19 april 1928 -- 28 october 1998 -rrb- was an australian rules footballer who played with geelong in the victorian football league -lrb- vfl -rrb- .
bretland , a golden point recruit , joined geelong in 1949 .
he played eight senior games that year and another seven in the 1950 vfl season .
a utility , bretland was made captain of the geelong seconds in 1952 but before the beginning of the season was lured to shepparton to coach lemnos .
he later became known as a sports journalist .
