Ron Porta
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Ron Porta | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Ronald Charles Porta[1] | ||
Date of birth | 3 June 1936 | ||
Date of death | 19 March 2010 | (aged 73)||
Original team(s) | Cheltenham | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Half-back | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1953–59 | Footscray | 63 (2) | |
1960–61 | South Melbourne | 21 (0) | |
Total | 84 (2) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Ronald Charles Porta (3 June 1936 – 19 March 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
He coached Victorian Football Association club Mordialloc from 1962 to 1964.[3][4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Ronald Charles Porta". Herald Sun.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 713. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Kelly, Graeme (3 January 1962). "Porta Coach At Mordialloc". The Age. p. 16. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 176.
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