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Renato Ricci (Australian footballer)

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Renato Ricci
Personal information
Full name Renato Luciano Peter Ricci
Date of birth (1940-02-01)1 February 1940
Date of death 27 August 2024(2024-08-27) (aged 84)
Original team(s) Richmond YCW
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1960 Richmond 2 (0)
1961-64 Oakleigh (VFA)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Renato Luciano Peter Ricci (1 February 1940 – 27 August 2024) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Ricci was a rover who played in the Richmond Under 19 Premiership team in 1958 with his identical twin brother, Lidio Ricci. After missing the entire 1959 season due to injury, Ricci played two games with the Richmond senior team in 1960 before transferring to VFA club Oakleigh in 1961.[2]

Ricci died on 27 August 2024, at the age of 84.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 741. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. ^ "Renato Ricci". Tigerland Archive.
  3. ^ "Renato Luciano Peter Ricci". Tobin Brothers Funerals. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
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