The Victorian Football League-Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) Italian Team of the Century was announced in June 2007. It recognises the role of Italian Australian players in the sport.[1]

Players and/or at least one of the player's parents or grandparents had to have been born in Italy. They also had to have played at least one game at VFL/AFL level.[2]

Contents 1 Selectors 2 Short list 3 The team 4 See also

[edit] Selectors

Choosing the team from the short list were [3]:

• Ron Barrassi (chairman)
• Kevin Bartlett
• Frank Costa
• Brendon Gale
• Kevin Sheedy
• Bob Skilton
• Bill Stephen

[edit] Short list

The panel's final selection was made from a short-list of 50 (from an original list of 148). They were (listed alphabetically)[4]:

• Steve Alessio
• Mark Arceri
• Ron Barassi, Sr. (deceased)
• Adrian Battiston
• John Benetti
• Mario Bortolotto
• Scott Camporeale
• Domenic Cassisi
• Vin Catoggio
• Frank Curcio (deceased)
• Nick Dal Santo
• Ron De Iulio
• Paul Dimattina
• Robert DiPierdomenico
• Alec Epis
• Brendan Fevola
• Silvio Foschini
• Cyril Gambetta (deceased)
• Daniel Giansiracusa
• Len Incigneri (deceased)
• Alan Johnson
• John Kennedy Jr
• Anthony Koutoufides
• Andrew Leoncelli
• Tony Liberatore
• Paul Licuria
• Stan Magro
• Gary Malarkey
• Albert Mantello
• Gerald Marchesi (deceased)
• Alan Martello
• Peter Matera
• Phillip Matera
• Mark Mercuri
• Joe Misiti
• Tony Ongarello
• Peter Pianto
• Tony Polinelli
• Simon Prestigiacomo
• Adam Ramanauskas
• Peter Riccardi
• Mark Ricciuto
• Guy Rigoni
• Anthony Rocca
• Saverio Rocca
• Peter Russo
• Laurie Serafini
• Sergio Silvagni
• Stephen Silvagni
• Ian Stewart

[edit] The team

The final selected team was announced at the Palladium Room at the Crown Casino in Melbourne.[5]

Italian Team of the Century
B:	Frank Curcio	Stephen Silvagni	Len Incigneri
HB:	Alec Epis	Anthony Koutoufides	John Kennedy Jr
C:	Robert DiPierdomenico	Ian Stewart	Peter Matera
HF:	Peter Riccardi	Alan Martello	Mark Mercuri
F:	Phillip Matera	Saverio Rocca	Brendan Fevola
Foll:	Steve Alessio	Mark Ricciuto (Captain)	Peter Pianto
Int:	Sergio Silvagni	Tony Liberatore	Scott Camporeale
	Joe Misiti
Coach:	Ron Barassi, Jr

A team President was also named: Frank Costa.

[edit] See also

• Indigenous Team of the Century
• Greek Team of the Century