Michelangelo Rucci

Michelangelo Rucci (born 10 November 1963) is an Australian sports journalist, and writer.

Of Italian descent, is an award-winning sports writer in Adelaide, South Australia. He is the chief Australian rules football writer for The Advertiser, Adelaide's only daily newspaper. .[1]

Rucci also covered field hockey for News Limited in the 1988 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He also was a consultant to the president of the International Hockey Federation, Etienne Glichitch, in the 1990s and won the sport's high honour, the President's Award, in 1997.[2]

In 1999 Rucci published and co-authored Dynasty, the story of legendary Port Adelaide coach Fos Williams and his family's dynasty in football.[3]

The SANFL in 2007 awarded Rucci its Gold Media Award for his outstanding contribution to covering football in South Australia.[4]

The AFL in 2006 appointed Rucci to the selection panel for Australian football's Indigenous Team of the Century. The league also had Rucci as a judge for the Norm Smith Medal at the 1994 and 2005 grand finals, the Michael Tuck Medal at the 2008 and 2011 NAB Cup pre-season grand finals and the Allen Aylett Medal at the 2008 AFL Hall of Fame tribute match at the MCG. He is also a selector for the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.[5]

Rucci was added to the Australian Football Hall of Fame selection committee in 2011.

References

  1. ↑ Geoff McClure (2004-09-27). Sporting Life. Theage.com.au. Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
  2. ↑ FIH Presidents Awards. Worldhockey.org. Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
  3. ↑ Foster Neil Williams; Michelangelo Rucci (1999). Dynasty: A Legend, a Family, and the Port Adelaide Football Club : the Story of the Williams Family. Peacock Publications. ISBN 978-1-876087-26-5. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  4. ↑ Golden moment for Rucci. Adelaidenow.com.au (2007-10-19). Retrieved on 2012-07-29.
  5. ↑ Rucci, Michelangelo. (2008-08-07) SA footy salutes five greats. Adelaidenow.com.au. Retrieved on 2012-07-29.