Ben Crameri

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Ben Crameri
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Full name Ben Crameri
Date of birth (1936-06-06) 6 June 1936 (age 81)
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 89 kg (196 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1957–1958 Melbourne 3 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1958.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ben Crameri (born 6 June 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

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He coached Northcote from 1964 to 1967. [2]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 178. ISBN   978-1-921496-00-4.
  2. Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books.

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