How Long Was Barry Hall Suspended?

Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club, Barry Hall, got suspended for seven weeks.

In July 2002, while playing for Sydney, Hall was suspended for five matches after being found guilty of clawing the face of Port Adelaide ruckman Matthew Primus during a Swans loss at the SCG.

Hall had been charged on video evidence with making “unreasonable and unnecessary contact to the face”.

Hall also played for the St Kilda Football Club, Sydney Swans, and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).

He is considered to be one of the best forwards of the modern era, being named All-Australian, leading his club’s goalkicking on eleven occasions, and captaining the Sydney Swans to their 2005 AFL Grand Final victory.

In July 2011, Hall created history by becoming the first player to kick 100 goals for three AFL teams.

Hall began his career at the St Kilda Football Club where he twice led the club’s goalkicking in 1999 and 2001.

He is best known for his career with the Sydney Swans. He was one of the Swans’ best players during his time at the club, topping the club goalkicking from 2002 to 2008 and co-captaining the side from 2005 to 2007, including the club’s drought-breaking premiership in 2005.

He also featured heavily in the AFL’s promotion in Sydney, gaining a similarly high-profile to Tony Lockett which saw him featured in a 2006 AFL and Swans joint promotion known as “Barry Hall Hall”.