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Ronald Dale "Ron" Barassi, Jr (born 27 February 1936) is a retired Australian rules football player and coach. During a long and decorated career, Barassi has been one of the most important figures in the history of Australian football. His father, Ron Barassi, Sr., was killed at Tobruk during World War II. The young Barassi spent his latter teenage years living with Norm Smith, coach of the Melbourne Football Club and a former teammate of his father. Barassi's name is synonymous with Australian football.〔(【引用サイトリンク】)">publisher=fullpointsfooty.net )〕 He is held by many as the game's greatest identity acknowledged by being the first player to be inaugurated into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as a Legend.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=AFL )〕 Barassi's coaching career was both successful and regarded by many as revolutionary.〔 Barassi's clean record and passion for the game has earned him a place as celebrity and popular culture figure in Australia. He was named Victorian of the Year in 2009.〔(Barassi named Victorian of the Year )〕 ==Early life== The only child of Ron Barassi Snr, Barassi was born in the central Victorian town of Castlemaine in 1936. The following year, his father moved to Melbourne to play VFL football with the Melbourne Football Club. A pugnacious rover, Barassi's father was a reserve in the Demons' 1940 premiership team before leaving to serve with the army in North Africa. The young Barrasi spent his early years in Guildford, Victoria. Barassi is a third generation Italian Australian. He is a descendent of one of the Swiss Italians of Australia who migrated to Australia in the 1850s and 1860s to areas such as Guildford, between Castlemaine and Daylesford.〔Publication ''Bullboar Macaroni and Mineral Water by Clare Gervasoni''〕〔(George Negus Tonight ) 18 March 2004〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ron Barassi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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