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| name = Lyall Barry | birth_name = Lyall Scott Barry | birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|05|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Invercargill, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|10|03|1926|05|15|df=y}} | death_place = Christchurch, New Zealand | spouse = {{marriage|Joyce Smart|1950}} | nationals = 100 yards freestyle champion (1948, 1950) 220 yards freestyle champion (1947) | olympics = | commonwealth = | highestranking = | pb = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Men’s swimming}}{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}{{MedalCompetition|British Empire Games}}{{MedalGold|1950 Auckland|4×220 yd freestyle}}{{MedalBronze|1950 Auckland|3×110 yd medley}} }} Lyall Scott Barry (15 May 1926 – 3 October 2003) was a New Zealand swimmer who won two medals at the 1950 British Empire Games. He later became a school teacher and inspector, and wrote a history of the Waimumu area in Southland. Early life and familyBorn in Invercargill on 15 May 1926, Barry was educated from 1940 to 1944 at Nelson College where he was a member of the 1st XV rugby team in 1943, college swimming champion every year from 1940 to 1944, a prefect in 1943 and 1944, and played clarinet in the school orchestra.[1][2][3] He went on to qualify as a primary school teacher at Christchurch Teachers' College and complete the one-year physical education specialist course at the Dunedin Teachers' College.[1] In 1950 he married Joyce Smart, and they went on to have seven children.[1] SwimmingBarry won three New Zealand national swimming titles: the 100 yards freestyle in 1948 and 1950, and the 220 yards freestyle in 1947.[4] He set national records in winning the 220 yards title in 1947 and the 100 yards in 1948.[1] At the 1950 British Empire Games Barry won a gold medal as part of the New Zealand men's 4 × 220 yards freestyle relay team, alongside Michael Amos, Colin Chambers and Buddy Lucas. At the same games, he also won a bronze medal with Peter Mathieson and John Shanahan in the 3 × 110 yards medley relay, and finished ninth in the men's 110 yards freestyle.[5] Teaching careerBarry began his teaching career as an itinerant physical education teacher, first in Southland and later in Canterbury.[1] He studied part-time at Canterbury University College, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1955.[1][6] In 1956 he was appointed principal of the two-teacher Waimumu School, near Gore in Southland, and then in 1961, principal of Waianiwa School, also in Southland. Later he became principal of Queenstown District High School, where he was instrumental in expanding school facilities to include a swimming pool and a gymnasium.[1] In 1966, Barry moved to Christchurch, becoming principal of Aranui Primary School, and then after a short period a schools inspector. He remained in that position until retiring in 1985.[1] While living in the south, Barry wrote a history of the Waimumu district, In the Lee of the Hokonuis, published in 1966.[1] Later lifeFollowing his retirement, Barry and his wife lived at Lake Kaniere for 15 years, where they restored an old house. They returned to Christchurch in 2000, and Barry died there on 3 October 2003.[1] See also
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news | title=Medallist and educationist | date=25 October 2003 | page=18 | work=The Press | first=Mike | last=Crean}} {{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Barry, Lyall}}2. ^{{cite book | chapter=Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005 | title=Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 | year=2006 | edition=6th | type=CD-ROM}} 3. ^{{cite book |editor1-last=McKay |editor1-first=J.G. |editor2-last=Allan | editor2-first=H.F. |title=Nelson College Old Boys' Register | edition=4th | year=1956 |publisher=Nelson College Old Boys' Association |location=Nelson |page=46}} 4. ^{{cite book |editor-last=McLintock |editor-first=A.H. |editorlink=Alexander Hare McLintock |title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand | chapter=Swimming – national championships |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/swimming-national-championships |accessdate=21 July 2016 |year=1966 |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |location=Wellington}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/athletes/lyall-barry/ |title=Lyall Barry |year=2016 |website= |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |accessdate=21 July 2016}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university2.html |title=NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Ba–Be |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=22 July 2016}} 12 : 1926 births|2003 deaths|Sportspeople from Invercargill|People educated at Nelson College|Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand|New Zealand male swimmers|Swimmers at the 1950 British Empire Games|New Zealand schoolteachers|University of Canterbury alumni|New Zealand historians|Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming |
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