Newtown icon John Singleton has paid tribute to Barry Vining, the former president who died while watching his beloved Jets’ NSW Cup win on Sunday.
The Jets triumphed 28-22 over the North Sydney Bears – but news later emerged former boss Barry Vining had suffered a heart attack while watching the game. He was 85.“When we scored the last try, Barry jumped up in excitement and died,” Singleton told this masthead.
“I met Barry in the 1960s, he lived in the same back lane as Barry Wood in Newtown, and when I was president, he was my ‘vice-captain’, and when we got the arse in 1983, no team, no nothing, I went back to work in 1984, but Barry took over with Terry , and had run it ever since.“They didn’t get a penny in remuneration, expenses, nothing. What a loss – but what a way for Barry to go.”
“I said to his daughter , ‘if that’s the way you’re going to go, I couldn’t think of a better way’.“Barry was a football bloke who had five daughters. His greatest legacy was keeping this club alive between 1983 and 1990 before we were readmitted to in 1991. Barry and Terry Rowney met in a telephone box every month in a bid to keep the club afloat, even though there was no football team.”: “It’s very, very sad news. Unfortunately, Barry did not make it.
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