He broke into the seniors during the second half of the 1958 VFL season and the following year played 19 of a possible 20 games.
[1] After playing the opening two rounds in 1960, Barry struggled with illness and didn't made any more appearances that year.
[2] With just seconds remaining in the preliminary final replay against Geelong, Carlton were holding onto a five point lead as the ball was kicked in the direction of Barry and his opponent, full-forward Doug Wade.
The mark was taken by Wade, just 30 metres out and directly in front of goals, but instead of taking what would have been a shot after the siren to win the game, umpire Jack Irving awarded Barry a free-kick.
[3] In 1964, having played only couple of reserves games, Barry was granted a clearance to Port Melbourne.