Mario Turco

Mario Turco
Personal information
Full name Mario Turco
Date of birth (1956-03-21) 21 March 1956 (age 68)
Original team(s) East Fremantle, (WAFL)
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1974–79, 1983–85 East Fremantle 121 (131)
1980–82 North Melbourne 9 (9)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1985.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Mario Turco (born 21 March 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the East Fremantle Football Club in the West Australian Football League and for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Turco played for the WA Schoolboys that won the national championships in 1971[1] and made his debut for East Fremantle in 1974 and was a member of their 1979 and 1985 WAFL Premiership winning teams.[2] He was recruited by North Melbourne in 1980,[3] but only played nine games for them over three seasons.

  1. ^ "State Schoolboys Football, 1971". Archived from the original on 20 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Premiership Teams".
  3. ^ Grant, Trevor (24 March 1980). "Fresh faces at Fitzroy". The Age.