Alexander McNaughton "Barney" Armit (27 March 1874 – 12 November 1899) was a New Zealand rugby union player.
[2] After playing for the Kaikorai Rugby Football Club from 1892, Armit was selected to represent Otago in 1893, with his first match against Canterbury.
[1][3] In 1897 Armit, along with Kaikorai and Otago teammate Jimmy Duncan, was selected for the New Zealand team to tour Australia.
[7] This was followed by in an incident in the last match against New South Wales where an Armit bump broke the rib of opponent Stan Wickham.
[1] According to his obituary, Bayly was extremely distraught by the incident and "wept like a child" on Armit's death—it may have even shortened his life.