Brian Buckley (political advisor)

Brian Buckley
Brian Buckley
Personal information
Full name	Brian William Buckley
Date of birth	29 March 1935
Place of birth	Footscray, Victoria
Date of death	26 May 2013 (aged 78)
Original team(s)	Gisborne
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club
1956–59	Footscray
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1959.
	Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brian William Buckley (29 March 1935 – 26 May 2013) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).^[1]

After football he became a teacher, journalist, a political press secretary for Phillip Lynch and then a political consultant. Married twice, including to former mayor of the City of Yarra, Jackie Fristacky, Buckley died in 2013 from cancer.^[2]

Notes[edit]

^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
^ Buckley, Amanda (9 July 2013). "From journalism to politics to football, a man of many colours". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

External links[edit]

Brian Buckley's playing statistics from AFL Tables
Brian Buckley at AustralianFootball.com

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[encyc-1] Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.

[2] Buckley, Amanda (9 July 2013). "From journalism to politics to football, a man of many colours". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 31 October 2018.

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