Jim Silvestro

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Jim Silvestro
Personal information
Full name Jim Silvestro
Date of birth (1963-05-30) 30 May 1963 (age 58)
Original team(s) Traralgon
Draft No. 19, 1987 national draft
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1988 Sydney Swans 8 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1988.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Jim Silvestro (born 30 May 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Silvestro won the Latrobe Valley Football League's best and fairest award back to back in 1986 and 1987, playing for Traralgon. A rover, he was selected by the Sydney Swans with pick 49 in the 1987 National Draft. [2] He made eight appearances for the Swans in the 1988 VFL season. [3] In round 12, he kicked four goals in a win over the West Coast Eagles at the Sydney Cricket Ground. [3] [4]

From 1991 to 1993, then again in 1998, Silvestro was coach of Corowa-Rutherglen in the Ovens & Murray Football League. [5] He also coached the Wodonga Raiders, in 1996. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers. BAS Publishing. ISBN   9781920910785.
  2. ↑ Lovett, Michael (2004). AFL 2004 - The Official Statistical History Of The AFL. AFL Publishing. ISBN   0-9580300-5-7.
  3. 1 2 AFL Tables: Jim Silvestro
  4. ↑ Sydney Morning Herald ,"Tiny maestro puts the Swans into contention", 20 June 1988, p. 58
  5. ↑ "History". Fox Sports Pulse.
  6. ↑ "Honour Boards". Wodonga Raiders. Archived from the original on 29 March 2014.
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