Mario Turco Explained

Mario Turco
Fullname:Mario Turco
Birth Date:21 March 1956
Originalteam:East Fremantle, (WAFL)
Statsend:1985
Years1:1974–79, 1983–85
Club1:East Fremantle
Games Goals1:121 (131)
Years2:1980–82
Games Goals2:9 (9)

Mario Turco (born 21 March 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League and for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Turco played for the WA Schoolboys that won the national championships in 1971[1] and made his debut for East Fremantle in 1974 and was a member of their 1979 and 1985 WAFL Premiership winning teams.[2] He was recruited by North Melbourne in 1980,[3] but only played nine games for them over three seasons.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Schoolboys Football, 1971. dead. https://archive.today/20140620152101/http://www.stateschoolboys.com.au/Teams/1971.htm. 20 June 2014. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Premiership Teams.
  3. News: Fresh faces at Fitzroy. Trevor. Grant. The Age. 24 March 1980.