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Top level athletes from every sport have always given so much to their sport every time they step onto the playing field. Sure, some get paid extraordinary amounts of money to play their sport on a professional level and most put in huge amounts of time and effort to become the best they can be in their chosen sport. But ask them all and they'll tell you that when it comes time to hang up the boots and give it away, most player want to go out on their own terms & leave their sport whilst still at the top of their game and at a time of their own choosing!!!! Unfortunately not everyone gets to leave their chosen sport this way.
In the case of Western Bulldogs champion Full Forward, Barry Hall, he has not only been able to leave the game on his own terms but whilst still at the top of his game and with a once tattered reputation marvelously restored!
BARRY Hall - who will finish his AFL career at the end of the season - says he wants to be remembered as a Bulldog over the other clubs he played for.
At a press conference at the Whitten Oval this afternoon, the full-forward announced he would play out the remainder of the season, with the Dogs, 12th on the ladder, still hanging on to hopes of making the finals.
The 34-year-old, a veteran full-forward of 283 games, hangs up the boots after a career spanning 16 seasons at three clubs - St Kilda, Sydney and Western Bulldogs.
Hall said he started to think about retiring around two months ago, and his body was telling him it was time to leave.
"I’m really content with the decision … my body’s screaming out for it,” Hall said.
"I don’t want to be a player who takes another contract and really struggles the next year and is dropped to reserve grade football and finishes his career that way."
"I want to thank the footy club ... they gave me a chance when probably no other club would.
"But they put a bit of faith in me that I could change my ways and do good for this football club and I'm glad it's all worked out."
He said his time at the Whitten Oval had been the most enjoyable in his AFL career, and thanked the Bulldogs fans and the media for "laying off him a bit".
"(The Dogs) put their head on the chopping block, had their knockers and doubters, put a bit of faith in me that I could change my way and do a bit of good for the football club," he said.
"Without a doubt my most enjoyable time playing AFL football, and that’s a credit to the players."
He said when he looked back on his career, he would consider himself a Bulldog player, the team he barracked for as a kid.
CEO Simon Garlick agreed, saying the club was very happy with the decision to recruit him.
“Any of those questions have been confirmed over the past two years. (He is a) great football club person, something a lot of external people won’t understand. Understand the meaning of team over individual. Most certainly left his mark on Whitten Oval,” Garlick said.
"We consider Barry one of our own. A Bulldog through and through.”
Coach Rodney Eade said Hall had made an impact from the moment he entered the club.
"He’s very old school. He wanted to earn his respect here. He just didn’t walk into the place thinking people would respect him straight away,. From our club’s point of view, we’ve got more out of it than we expected," Eade said.
Hall's has been a career of intense highs and lows.
After kicking 144 goals in 88 games for the Saints, Hall was forced out of Moorabbin as the club built towards the future with the likes of Nick Riewoldt and Justin Koschitzke up forward.
He headed north to the Swans where he captained the club to a drought-breaking premiership in 2005.
He was named All-Australian in each of the 2004-06 seasons, but the low-point of his career also came in a Swans jumper in 2008 when, in Round 4, he punched West Coast's Brent Staker in the face in a horrific behind-the-ball incident.
Hall was suspended for seven matches and then, after again being suspended for striking in mid-2009, announced for the first time he would retire, only to be lured from that retirement by Bulldogs coach Rodney Eade.
After being traded to the Bulldogs, Hall finished second behind Jack Riewoldt in the race for the Coleman Medal last year and was named in the All-Australian team for the fourth time.
But his 2011 season has been plagued by ankle injuries.
He admitted last month that he would not overstay his welcome at Whitten Oval, saying "If I can't give this group anything, any contribution and it's not about goals or anything like that, I'll certainly retire, I'll step aside for a younger guy."
Barry's Final Game
BIG Barry Hall retired a winner, kicking five goals in a Western Bulldog win before hanging up his boots.
Appropriately, Hall put on a late exhibition, booting four goals - including the last of the match - in the last 14 minutes of his career.
It was the sixth time in the past seven games that he has bagged five goals, giving him 55 for the season and 746 for his career with St Kilda, Sydney and the Bulldogs - the 14th highest aggregate on the list of all-time goalkickers.
The 34-year-old, who was hugged by virtually all teammates after his final-quarter goal spree, said he was proud of his career and thanked the Western Bulldogs for a last chance.
Hall was emotional after the game, telling Triple M: "Just the way the club and everyone's embraced me here, I feel ever indebted to them. So it was a little bit emotional, but I didn't tear up this time.
"I'm still pinching myself sometimes. There's certainly been some heartache and some ups and downs, but it's worth going through every bit of that to get where I am now. I'm in a real happy place and I'm really happy with the way I've gone out of the game now."
Hall said the best way to celebrate his career was "winning the game". "That's the best way to celebrate things," he said.
"I guess if you can plan it, that's exactly how you wanna do it. Not many players get to do it and I'm just thankful I could."
Many of the 18,128 fans at the ground wore Barry Hall masks, and they chanted Hall's name as they counted down to the final siren of his 289-game career.
The Fremantle players waited for him for a guard of honour, which also paid tribute to ruckman Ben Hudson and defender Mitch Hahn.
In the dressing-rooms, Hall shook hands, signed autographs and made himself available for photos with club supporters.
As with much of Hall's career, not all went to plan. He was held to only one goal by novice Alex Silvagni, and after only five minutes of the final term he gave away a free kick, and, in frustration, copped a 50m penalty for back-chatting the umpire.
However, all worked out well with him putting on an exhibition with goals at the 16, 18, 23 and 30-minute mark of the final term.
Caretaker coach Paul Williams said he took Hall from the ground after the 50m penalty to ensure he finished his career on a high note.
"I didn't think he'd go on and kick four after that, but it was to make sure that he played the game the way he wanted to play and the way that he wanted to be remembered," Williams said.
The Sydney premiership captain of 2005 retires as the only AFL player to have kicked more than 100 goals at three different clubs.
Western Bulldogs president David Smorgon was full of praise for Hall, suggesting his contribution during his two years was outstanding on and off the field.
"He bought a positive attitude with him," Smorgon said.
"The fans and sponsors took to him and he has been exemplary both on and off the field.
"People outside the club simply would not appreciate the influence he has had."
Williams was equally effusive. "He is a wonderful athlete, a super competitor, a guy that gives his heart and soul to the footy club," he said. "He's got an enormous presence around the place and he's going to be sorely missed."
Congratulations Barry on a great career. The last two years at the Western Bulldogs has restored your reputation as a class footballer. We at Sportz Of All Sortz.com are proud to be Western Bulldogs supporters and to have had the opportunity to watch you play in the red, white & blue!!
