Tony Liberatore | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 11 February 1966 | ||
Original team(s) | Brunswick City(EDFL)/ North MelbourneU19 | ||
Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1986–2002 | Footscray/Western Bulldogs | 283 (95) | |
Representative team honours | |||
Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
Victoria | ? (?) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2002. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Tony Liberatore (born 11 February 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who represented the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Liberatore is the only player to have won league best-and-fairest medals in all three grades of VFL/AFL football (under 19s, reserves and seniors). Liberatore is one of the shortest players to have played in the VFL/AFL competition and the shortest player to have won a Brownlow Medal.
Playing as a rover, Liberatore was a long-time holder of the VFL/AFL record for most career tackles.[1]
Liberatore was born in Australia to Italian parents.[2]