! 134 ! 125 ! 2952 ! 896 ! 3848 ! 716 ! 55 ! 0.6 ! 0.6 ! 12.9 ! 3.9 ! 16.8 ! 3.1 ! 1.7 |} Death Barker had to put his coaching career on hold midway through the 1995 season for health reasons. He died at the Linacre Private Hospital in Hampton on 26 April 1996 of liver failure after a prolonged battle with colon cancer. He was 39 years of age. Barker's funeral at the Moorabbin Town Hall was attended by 6,000 mourners, and he was later buried at the Cheltenham Memorial Cemetery, alongside his sister. Legacy His contribution to St Kilda, particularly in the 1980s when the club had severe financial difficulties, was significant. St Kilda's best-and-fairest award, instituted in 1914, is named the Trevor Barker Award as a mark of respect to his contribution to the St Kilda Football Club. Barker was named in the club's Team of the Century 1900–1999. Barker was inducted to the St Kilda Football Club Hall of Fame in 2003, and upgraded to Legend status in 2013. The home ground of the Sandringham Football Club was also named Trevor Barker Beach Oval, in his honour. On 4 June 2019, Barker was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in a ceremony held at the Crown Palladium. St Kilda champion and teammate Robert Harvey gave the introduction speech in honour of Barker: “Never have I played with a guy who radiated passion and loyalty for his club like (Barker). He was renowned for his high marking, his blonde locks and often his lifestyle off the field. He was a true St Kilda champion.” After a video tribute, Barker's mother Norma accepted the certificate from AFL Commission chairman Richard Goyder. Tributes flowed from teammates and fans. Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge, who played under Barker for 's reserve team, had nothing but praise for his boyhood idol: "Looking at him on the ground it was almost like seeing a polar bear in the Sahara, or a lion in the Arctic – he just stood out. He was a good-looking man and he was only medium-sized but he had amazing courage and he could virtually play anywhere. He was a brilliant and hard tackler ... but then you had the other extreme, which is the frilly bits in a game like the high marks, unbelievable skills — he was so