Joe Rugolo

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Joe Rugolo
Personal information
Full name Joseph Rugolo
Date of birth (1965-09-02) 2 September 1965 (age 58)
Original team(s) St Peters East Bentleigh. Assumption College
Height 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1985–87 Melbourne 8 (0)
1988–94 Sandringham 102 (56)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1994.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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.

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[edit]

  • Joe Rugolo's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  • Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.