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George Spero (footballer)

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George Spero
Personal information
Full name George Spero
Date of birth (1941-11-29)29 November 1941
Date of death 8 December 2022(2022-12-08) (aged 81)
Original team(s) Keilor
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb)
Position(s) Half-forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1960 Essendon 5 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1960.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

George Spero (29 November 1941 – 8 December 2022[1]) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2] He suffered a serious knee injury in his only senior VFL season and a year later he returned to his old club, Keilor. Spent six more seasons with Keilor before finishing his career with Tooberac.

Notes

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  1. ^ "Vale George Spero". Essendon FC Past Players. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. ^ Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 839. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
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