Mark Pitura

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Mark Pitura
Personal information
Full name Mark Pitura
Born (1974-06-26) 26 June 1974 (age 51)
Original teams Turvey Park, (Riverina FL)
Draft No. 8, 1996 Pre-season Draft
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
1993 Richmond 2 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1996.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mark Pitura (born 26 June 1974) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1993. [1] He was recruited by Richmond from the Turvey Park Football Club in the Riverina Football League. He is the son of former South Melbourne and Richmond player, John Pitura.

After playing two games for Richmond in 1993, he spent 1995 playing for the Essendon reserves. In the 1996 Pre-season Draft, Collingwood drafted Pitura with the 9th selection but he did not play a league game for Collingwood and was delisted mid-way through the 1996 season. [2] . From there he was picked up by the Sturt Football Club, debuting in Round 11 of the 1996 SANFL season before enjoying a successful stint.

References

  1. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2002). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: Crown Content. p. 523. ISBN   1-74095-001-1 .
  2. ↑ Denham, Greg; Rielly, Stephen (20 May 1996). "Brown sidelined for 2 weeks". The Age.


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