Happy 80th to Peter Bevilacqua.
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From the Blueseum
Career: 1953
Debut and only game: Round 18, 1953 v North Melbourne, aged 20 years, 61 days
673rd Carlton Player
Goals: 0
Guernsey No. 39 (1953).
Height: 168cm
Weight: 75kg
DOB: 29 June, 1933
Wearing guernsey #39, Peter Bevilacqua represented Carlton in a single game in Season 1953. Bevilacqua is listed as being 168cm in height and 75 kilos in weight.He was also a member of the reserves premiership team in 1953.
At the end of 1953 Bevilacqua transferred to Gippsland team Traralgon.
Bevilacqua originally came from the University Blues.
His fascinating story is told in great detail in the Blueseum / carltonfc.com.au article listed below.
Career Highlights
1953 – Reserves Premiership Player
Links
Articles: The Peter Bevilacqua Story