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Sergio 'Serge' Silvagni (born 28 June 1938) is a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He was an outstanding schoolboy athlete. In 1948, competing for C.B.C. Clifton Hill, he won the Under-11 &5-yard sprint at the Victorian Christian Brothers' Combined Athletic Meeting.〔(Combined Brothers' Secondary Schools' Athletic Meeting: Clifton Hill Wins Aggregate, ''The Advocate'', (Thursday, 28 October 1948), p.22. ))〕 In 1949, he was the Under-12 handball champion of C.B.C. Clifton Hill.〔(Special Sports Prizes, ''The Advocate'', (Thursday, 29 December 1949), p.8. )〕 In 1953 running on a rain soaked he broke the 440 year record by half second clocking 54.4 seconds〔 〕 and also winning the shot put at the combined Christian Brothers Secondary School sports at North Melbourne. Silvagni, the cousin of John Benetti,〔In 1956, Peter Golding, in his "What Goes On" column remarked on "the changing face of Australia", noting "On Carlton thirds' list this season: Cattogio, Puglia, Scarpella, Silvagni, Carbis, Ruggiero . . . . ." ((''The Argus'', (Monday 21 May 1956), p.18. ))〕 made his debut for the Carlton Football Club on 24 May 1958 (Round 7) — although Carlton were defeated (10.19 (79) to 7.15 (57)) by South Melbourne, Silvagni, along with his cousin (Benetti), was one of the best Carlton players on the ground.〔(Convincing Win to South, ''The Age'', (Monday, 26 May 1958), p.18 )〕 He retired at the end of the 1971 season after a stunning career. Silvagni went on to become Carlton's reserves coach, and served as the club's caretaker senior coach for a few weeks in 1978 between the departure of Ian Stewart as coach and the appointment of Alex Jesaulenko as captain-coach.〔(Carter, R., "Silvagni to take over", ''The Age'', (Thursday, 20 April 1978), p.30. )〕 He is the father of Stephen Silvagni, who played 312 games for Carlton (Stephen was regarded as one of the greatest full backs in the league's history). ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sergio Silvagni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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