Barni, who played for the Redskins in 1955 and 1956, was shot and killed in a bar in San Francisco prior to the 1957 season.
A football player named Barni, who had previously suited up for the Redskins in 1955 and 1956, met an untimely demise when he was shot to death in a bar in San Francisco prior to the start of the 1957 athletic season.