Dal Dozzi
North Melbourne
AFL career
4 games0 goals
- Debut
- R3 1956 v ESS28 Apr 1956
- Most recent
- R17 1956 v MEL11 Aug 1956
Stats
Bio
A recruit from the local Brunswick YCW (Young Christian Workers) side, Adelio "Dal" Dozzi was a lightly framed player who briefly appeared for North Melbourne during a bleak period for the club. Standing 183cm but weighing just 70kg, Dozzi possessed the height of a key position player but the build of a wingman, making it difficult for him to impose himself physically in the VFL's contested situations. He broke into the senior side during the 1956 season—a year that saw the Kangaroos claim the wooden spoon with only three wins—but struggled to hold his spot in a team frantically searching for form. Dozzi managed four senior appearances without troubling the scorers before fading from the league, representing an early example of Italian-Australian heritage in the competition well before the post-war migration wave fully impacted VFL lists.
Profile
- Born
- 10 Dec 1936
- Died
- 06 Oct 2012 (aged 75y 301d)
- Height
- 183 cm
- Weight
- 70 kg
Teams
Bio
1 revisionA recruit from the local Brunswick YCW (Young Christian Workers) side, Adelio "Dal" Dozzi was a lightly framed player who briefly appeared for North Melbourne during a bleak period for the club. Standing 183cm but weighing just 70kg, Dozzi possessed the height of a key position player but the build of a wingman, making it difficult for him to impose himself physically in the VFL's contested situations. He broke into the senior side during the 1956 season—a year that saw the Kangaroos claim the wooden spoon with only three wins—but struggled to hold his spot in a team frantically searching for form. Dozzi managed four senior appearances without troubling the scorers before fading from the league, representing an early example of Italian-Australian heritage in the competition well before the post-war migration wave fully impacted VFL lists.