Ron Porta
| Ron Porta | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ronald Charles Porta[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 3 June 1936 | ||
| Date of death | 19 March 2010 (aged 73) | ||
| Original team(s) | Cheltenham | ||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Half-back | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 1953–59 | Footscray | 63 (2) | |
| 1960–61 | South Melbourne | 21 (0) | |
| Total | 84 (2) | ||
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Ronald Charles Porta (3 June 1936 – 19 March 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]
He coached Victorian Football Association club Mordialloc from 1962 to 1964.[3][4]
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Ronald Charles Porta". Herald Sun.
- ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 713. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
- ^ Kelly, Graeme (3 January 1962). "Porta Coach At Mordialloc". The Age. p. 16. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 176.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ron Porta.
- Ron Porta's playing statistics from AFL Tables
- Ron Porta at AustralianFootball.com