Romano Negri (born 30 September 1964) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Negri played initially for North Hobart in Tasmania and won a Weller Arnold Medal in 1986 after performing well at intrastate level. The following year he moved to Woodville and won the

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(SANFL) club's 'Best and Fairest' award in 1988 and also made his debut in interstate football for

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that year including starting at full-forward in an exhibition game against

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at the

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stadium, then the world's largest indoor stadium located in

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. A ruckman standing at , he has the distinction of being Woodville's last captain, leading the club in 1989 and 1990 before they merged with West Torrens to become the

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. When he joined Adelaide in

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, Negri became the club's then tallest player and the AFL's 3rd tallest player behind 's

Paul Salmon Paul Salmon (born 20 January 1965) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League for Essendon and Hawthorn. Recruited from North Ringwood, Salmon had a prolific career, with many accolades such as being ...

and 's

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who both stand at tall. A foundation player for Adelaide, he played in their first five AFL games in 1991 and was awarded two Brownlow Medal votes for his 11 hit-outs and 13 disposals in a win over at the SCG. He made just one more appearance, the opening round of the 1992 AFL season.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Negri, Romano 1964 births Adelaide Football Club players Woodville Football Club players North Hobart Football Club players Living people Australian rules footballers from Tasmania