Ron Porta

Ron Porta
Personal information
Full name Ronald Charles Porta[1]
Date of birth (1936-06-03)3 June 1936
Date of death 19 March 2010(2010-03-19) (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

  1. ^ "Ronald Charles Porta". Herald Sun.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Kelly, Graeme (3 January 1962). "Porta Coach At Mordialloc". The Age. p. 16. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ^ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 176.
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