Tony Ongarello (22 December 1932 – 18 July 2022) was an

Australian rules Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

footballer of Italian heritage who played with Fitzroy in the

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from 1952 to 1960. He played most of his career at full-forward. Ongarello is believed to be the last player in the VFL/AFL to have scored a goal from a place kick, scoring two goals from the kicks late in Fitzroy's narrow loss to

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at Brunswick Street Oval. He was also the last player to attempt a place kick. Ongarello reportedly switched to the place kicks after missing several consecutive set shots from punt kicks in the game. He appeared regularly on ABC television Australian rules football panels in Victoria in the 1960s and 1970s.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ongarello, Tony 1932 births 2022 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players Australian people of Italian descent Australian Rules footballers: place kick exponents