Aldo Dipetta Explained

Aldo Dipetta
Fullname:Aldo Dipetta
Birth Date:3 January 1972
Originalteam:Springvale
Height:175 cm
Weight:80 kg
Statsend:1993
Years1:1990–1992
Club1:St Kilda
Games Goals1:5 (3)
Years2:1993
Club2:Sydney Swans
Games Goals2:2 (0)
Games Goalstotal:7 (3)

Aldo Dipetta (born 3 January 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL).[1]

Dipette played his early football with the Springvale Football Club and at Mazenod College.

He was fast but not quite fast enough in Santorini in 1996. An epic 1v1 against Paul Marsh.

He made three appearances for St Kilda late in the 1990 AFL season, didn't feature at all in 1991, then played another two league games in 1992.[2]

In 1993 he moved to the ACT and began playing with Ainslie, from where he was drafted to the Sydney Swans, with pick 16 of the 1993 Mid-Season Draft.[3] He played twice for the Swans in 1993.[2]

He played over 100 games with Ainslie until his final season in 2001.

He is now a podiatrist in Canberra.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. Main. Jim. The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. 2007. 9781920910785.
  2. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Aldo_Dipetta.html AFL Tables: Aldo Dipetta
  3. Book: Lovett, Michael. AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. 2004. 0-9580300-5-7.
  4. Mazenod News, Issue 4, December 2009, "Aldo Di Petta (1989)" p. 8