Tony Ongarello

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Tony Ongarello
Personal information
Date of birth22 December 1932
Debut1952, Fitzroy
Height/Weight185cm / 81 kg
Playing career1

Fitzroy (1952-60)

  • 131 games, 247 goals
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1960 season.
Career highlights


  • 3 time leading goalkicker for Fitzroy 1952, 1956 and 1958

Tony Ongarello (22 December 1932) is a former Australian rules footballer of Italian heritage who played with Fitzroy in the VFL.

Ongarello is believed to be the last player in the VFL/AFL to have scored a goal from a place kick, scoring two goals from the kicks late in Fitzroy's narrow loss to Geelong in 1955 at Brunswick Street Oval; Ongarello reportedly switched to the place kicks after missing several consecutive set shots from punt kicks in the game.[1]

He appeared regularly on ABC television Australian rules football panels in Victoria in the 1960s and 1970s.

External links

  1. de Bolfo, Tony (10 May 2012). "Placekick or drop punt? Den states his case". Carlton Football Club. Retrieved 10 May 2012. 
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