Angelo Petraglia (footballer)

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

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{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Angelo Petraglia

| image =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1963|6|3|df=y}}

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| death_date =

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| originalteam = The Basin (EDFL)

| height = 172 cm

| weight = 70 kg

| position =

| statsend = 1989

| years1 = 1984

| club1 = North Melbourne

| games_goals1 = 5 (5)

| years2 = 1985–1989

| club2 = Footscray

| games_goals2 = 49 (56)

| games_goalstotal = 54 (61)

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Angelo Petraglia (born 3 June 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Footscray in the Victorian Football League (VFL).{{cite book|last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim|title=The Encyclopedia Of AFL Footballers| publisher=BAS Publishing|year=2007|isbn=9781920910785}}

Petraglia, whose parents were both born in Italy, played his early football at The Basin in the Eastern District Football League and was a North Melbourne Under 19s player.{{cite web| url=http://www.italianteamofthecentury.com.au/player-detail-cms.php?playerId=136| title=Petraglia, Angelo| publisher=Italian Team of the Century| access-date=26 January 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204065627/http://italianteamofthecentury.com.au/player-detail-cms.php?playerId=136| archive-date=4 February 2014| url-status=dead}}The Age, [http://www.news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19830916&id=5SRVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=upQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2903,284229 "North dices with rookie"], 16 September 1983, p. 32 A rover, Petraglia made five senior appearances for North Melbourne, in the 1984 VFL season.{{cite web|url=http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/A/Angelo_Petraglia.html| title=Angelo Petraglia| publisher=AFL Tables}} North Melbourne then dropped him from their list and he played for Port Melbourne in 1985, before crossing to Footscray later in the year and playing in rounds 17 and 18. Petraglia made 21 appearances for Footscray in the 1986 season, only missing one game. He also kicked 26 goals that year, a career best. In 1987 he was again a regular fixture in the team, with 17 appearances.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118300107 |title=Time of truth for Bombers|newspaper=The Canberra Times |date=25 June 1987|accessdate=27 January 2014|page=22|via=National Library of Australia}} He injured his knee towards the end of his time at Footscray and retired after 49 games for the club, 54 in league football.