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Key Facts

Full name
Mario Turco

Known as
Mario Turco

Born
21 March 1956 (age 68)

Age at first & last AFL game
First game: 24y 8d
Last game: 26y 153d

Height and weight
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 76 kg

Senior clubs
East Fremantle; North Melbourne

Jumper numbers
North Melbourne: 18, 35

Recruited from
East Fremantle (1980); North Melbourne (1983)

Mario Turco

Advanced stats
Club
League
Career span
Games
Goals
Avg
Win %
AKI
AHB
AMK
BV
East FremantleWAFL1974-1979, 1983-19851211311.08—————
North MelbourneV/AFL1980, 1982991.0078%8.225.441.331
Total1974-1980, 1982-19851301401.08—————

AFL: 9,135th player to appear, 8,639th most games played, 5,274th most goals kickedNorth Melbourne: 713th player to appear, 668th most games played, 376th most goals kicked

As a youngster Mario Turco helped Western Australia claim the 1971 State Schoolboys title in Tasmania. His senior career saw him play 122 games and kick 139 goals for East Fremantle from 1974 to 1979 and between 1983 and 1985, and register nine games and nine goals with North Melbourne from 1980 to 1982. Normally utilised as a forward, his career highlights were playing in East Fremantle’s 1979 and 1985 premiership-winning teams. He contributed four goals to Old Easts’ defeat of South Fremantle in the former year.

Author - John Devaney

Sources

Full Points Publications

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.