Cory Dell'Olio

{{Short description|Australian rules footballer}}

{{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Cory Dell'Olio

| image =

| fullname = Cory Dell'Olio

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|12|08|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| originalteam = {{WAFL|SF}}

| draftpick = No. 29, 2012 Rookie Draft, {{AFL Ess}}

| height = 177 cm

| weight = 81 kg

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| currentclub = {{AFL Ess}}

| guernsey = 47

| statsend = 2014

| years1 = 2012–2014

| club1 = {{AFL Ess}}

| games_goals1 = 16 (16)

| careerhighlights = * {{WAFL|SF}} leading goalkicker 2011

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Cory Dell'Olio (born 8 December 1989) is an Australian rules football player who last played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League, before he was delisted at the end of the 2014 season. He was recruited with pick #29 in the 2011 Rookie Draft, having played as a small forward for the South Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL.{{cite web|title=Dell'Olio hardens up for shot at big stage|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/dellolio-hardens-up-for-shot-at-big-stage-20120419-1xa4c.html|author=Saltau, Chloe|date=20 April 2012|work=The Age|accessdate=22 April 2012}}

Prior to round 4 of the 2012 AFL season he was elevated to the senior list to replace Brent Prismall who was on the long-term injury list with an ACL injury.{{cite news|url=http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/13466148/injuries-open-door-for-dellolio/ |title=Injuries open door for Dell'Olio|first=Mark |last=Duffield|work=The West Australian|date=19 April 2012|accessdate=21 April 2012}} He made his debut that weekend against {{AFL Car}}, starting the game as the substitute player and replacing Michael Hurley in the third quarter.{{cite web |url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/133683/default.aspx |title=Bombers stun Blues in bruiser |publisher=AFL Media |date=21 April 2012 |accessdate=21 April 2012 |last=Phelan |first=Jason |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422075352/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/133683/default.aspx |archivedate=22 April 2012}}

He was delisted by Essendon at the end of the 2014 season after only playing three games in 2013 and five in 2014.{{cite news|url=http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/essendon-delists-three-more-finalises-list-changes-20141029-11dt2h.html|title=Essendon delists three more, finalises list changes|date=29 October 2014}} He returned to South Fremantle the following year.

Dell'Olio, along with 33 other Essendon players, was found guilty of using a banned performance-enhancing substance, thymosin beta-4, as part of Essendon's sports supplements program during the 2012 season. He and his team-mates were initially found not guilty in March 2015 by the AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal,{{cite news|last=Twomey|first=Callum|title=Thirty-four present and former Bombers cleared of all drug charges|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2015-03-31/tribunal-hands-down-verdict|work=AFL.com.au|date=31 March 2015|accessdate=31 March 2015}} but a guilty verdict was returned in January 2016 after an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency. He was suspended for two years which, with backdating, ended in November 2016; as a result, he served approximately fourteen months of his suspension and missed the entire 2016 WAFL season.{{cite web|url=http://www.afl.com.au/news/2016-01-12/guilty-court-bans-the-essendon-34-for-2016|title=Guilty: court bans the Essendon 34 for 2016|author=Travis King|date=12 January 2016|accessdate=12 January 2016|publisher=Australian Football League}}