Edo Benetti

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Edo Benetti
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Full name Edo Benetti
Date of birth (1941-12-02) 2 December 1941 (age 82)
Original team(s) Wonthaggi
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 80 kg (176 lb)
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1961–1962 Richmond 9 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1962.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Edo Benetti (born 2 December 1941) is a former Australian rules football player who played for Richmond Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Benetti was recruited from Wonthaggi [2] in the South Gippsland Football League. He was the league's leading goalkicker in 1958 and 1959, played in Wonthaggi's premiership side in 1959 and won the league's best and fairest award in 1959 and 1960.

He played at full-forward [3] and on the half-forward flank [4] for the Tigers, kicking seven goals in his nine-game VFL career. [5]

Benetti returned to Wonthaggi for a season in 1963 then, in 1964, played briefly for Yarraville in the Victorian Football Association before a back injury prematurely ended his playing career.

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References

  1. "Player Information - Edo Benetti". australianfootball.com . Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  2. "Whitten to Have Training Test". The Age . Fairfax Media. 7 April 1960. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. "Moe Wingman to Decide Today". The Age . Fairfax Media. 18 April 1962. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  4. "Thompson, Benetti Fit for Tigers". The Age . Fairfax Media. 4 July 1962. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2011). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (9th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Bas Publishing. p. 62. ISBN   978-1-921496-12-7 .