Joe Rugolo
Australian rules footballer
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Joe Rugolo (born 2 September 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the 1980s.
Fullname
Joseph Rugolo
Born
2 September 1965
Original team
St Peters East Bentleigh. Assumption College
Height
193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
| Joe Rugolo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Joseph Rugolo | ||
| Born | 2 September 1965 | ||
| Original team | St Peters East Bentleigh. Assumption College | ||
| Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 86 kg (190 lb) | ||
| Position | Ruckman | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1985–87 | Melbourne | 8 (0) | |
| 1988–94 | Sandringham | 102 (56) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Rugolo was an Assumption College recruit and spent three seasons with Melbourne. His brother Frank was on the Melbourne list at the same time but they never played a game together.
A ruckman, Rugolo played with Sandringham after leaving Melbourne. In 1992, a premiership year, he won a J. J. Liston Trophy, having narrowly missed out on it the previous two seasons. Rugolo finished the year with a Norm Goss Memorial Medal winning performance in the Grand Final win.
References
- Joe Rugolo's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.