George Spero (footballer)

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George Spero
Personal information
Full name George Spero
Date of birth(1941-11-29)29 November 1941
Date of death 8 December 2022(2022-12-08) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Keilor
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Half-forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1960 Essendon 5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Spero (29 November 1941 – 8 December 2022 [1] ) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [2] He suffered a serious knee injury in his only senior VFL season and a year later he returned to his old club, Keilor. Spent six more seasons with Keilor before finishing his career with Tooberac.

Notes

  1. "Vale George Spero". Essendon FC Past Players. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 839. ISBN   978-1-921496-32-5.

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