Frank Sanguinetti (5 May 1886 – 27 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Frank Sanguinetti
Personal information
Full name Frank Sanguinetti
Date of birth (1886-05-05)5 May 1886
Place of birth Collingwood, Victoria
Date of death 27 July 1973(1973-07-27) (aged 87)
Place of death Camberwell, Victoria
Original team(s) Collingwood Districts
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1908 Richmond 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

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The son of tailor John Francis Sanguinetti (1862-1917),[2] and dressmaker Emily Purthynia Sanguinetti (1862-1902), née Williams,[3][4] Frank Sanguinetti was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 5 May 1886.

He married Edith Jane Allen (1890-1972) in 1912. They had six children.

Football

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After a single senior game with Richmond against Carlton at the Punt Road Oval on 15 August 1908, the second last match of Richmond's first VFL season,[5] Sanguinetti returned to Collingwood Districts in 1909[6] where he played until 1913.[7]

Death

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Having spent his life employed as a tailor, he died at Camberwell, Victoria on 27 July 1973.[8]

Notes

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  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.785.
  2. ^ Deaths: Sanguinetti, The Age, (Wednesday, 16 May 1917), p.1.
  3. ^ Marriages: Sanguinetti—Williams, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Tuesday, 27 February 1883), p.4.
  4. ^ Deaths: Sanguinetti, The Argus, (Monday, 10 March 1902), p.1.
  5. ^ "Football". Richmond Guardian. No. 1697. Richmond, Victoria. 22 August 1908. p. 3.
  6. ^ "FOOTBALL". The Age. No. 16, 888. Victoria, Australia. 30 April 1909. p. 8.
  7. ^ Football: Metropolitan Amateur Association, The Argus, (Monday, 28 July 1913), p.4.
  8. ^ Deaths: Sanguinetti, The Age, (Monday, 30 July 1973), p.14.

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