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For those interested there is an excellent article about a little known Carlton player from the past by Tony De Bolfo on the Blueseum. It's a long read but a good read.
http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1
The Carlton Football Club has long been linked with Melbourne’s vibrant Italian community. The old Princes Park ground flanks what was once a tight-knit enclave of Italian migrants, who lugged their suitcases from the weather-beaten wharfs of Victoria Dock and Station Pier to the old boarding houses dotted in and around Lygon Street.
Among them was Giacomo “Jack” Silvagni, who disembarked the Regina d’Italia after seven weeks at sea in September 1924. Jack eventually settled in Canning Street, but not before he’d spent his first night in the new country ....
Who can think of some other Carlton players who were born overseas?
http://www.blueseum.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=1
The Carlton Football Club has long been linked with Melbourne’s vibrant Italian community. The old Princes Park ground flanks what was once a tight-knit enclave of Italian migrants, who lugged their suitcases from the weather-beaten wharfs of Victoria Dock and Station Pier to the old boarding houses dotted in and around Lygon Street.
Among them was Giacomo “Jack” Silvagni, who disembarked the Regina d’Italia after seven weeks at sea in September 1924. Jack eventually settled in Canning Street, but not before he’d spent his first night in the new country ....
Who can think of some other Carlton players who were born overseas?

