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The Victorian Football League-Australian Football League (VFL/AFL) Italian Team of the Century was announced in June 2007. It recognises the role of Italian Australian players in the sport.[1]
Players and/or at least one of the player's parents or grandparents had to have been born in Italy. They also had to have played at least one game at VFL/AFL level.[2]
Anthony Koutoufides, who was also in the Greek Team of the Century qualified via his mother,[3] whilst Ian Stewart's father was Italian, but he had always used his mother's maiden name.[4] John Kennedy's maternal grandparents were Italian.[3]
The final selected team was announced at the Palladium Room at the Crown Casino in Melbourne on 31 May 2007.[5]
A team President was also named: Frank Costa.
Choosing the team from the shortlist were:[6]
The panel's final selection was made from a shortlist of 50 (from an original list of 148). They were (listed alphabetically):[7]
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