Henry Smith Barrier Jr. (July 17, 1916 – June 2, 1989)[1] was an American sports journalist.
He was the longtime Executive Sports Editor of Greensboro News & Record and served as president of United States Basketball Writers Association from 1970 to 1971.
He is a charter member of the United States Basketball Writers Association Hall of Fame.
Barrier is also a member of the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame (inducted in 1980).
Barrier's account of UCLA's Lew Alcindor in the 1967 UCLA-Dayton game in the 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament earned him a spot in the book "Best Sports Stories 1970".