Ron Porta

Ron Porta
Personal information
Full name Ronald Charles Porta
Born (1936-06-03)3 June 1936
Died 19 March 2010(2010-03-19) (aged 73)
Original team Cheltenham
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)
Position Half-back
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1953–59 Footscray 63 (2)
1960–61 South Melbourne 21 (0)
Total 84 (2)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1961.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Ronald Charles Porta (3 June 1936 – 19 March 2010) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

He coached Victorian Football Association club Mordialloc from 1962 to 1964.

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ronald Charles Porta". Herald Sun.
  2. ↑ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 713. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  3. ↑ Kelly, Graeme (3 January 1962). "Porta Coach At Mordialloc". The Age. p. 16. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Fiddian, Marc (2013). The VFA – A History of the Victorian Football Association 1877 – 1995. Melbourne Sports Books. p. 176.