Frank Sanguinetti (5 May 1886 – 27 July 1973) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.785.
Family The son of tailor John Francis Sanguinetti (1862-1917),Deaths: Sanguinetti, The Age, (Wednesday, 16 May 1917), p.1. and dressmaker Emily Purthynia Sanguinetti (1862-1902), née Williams,Marriages: Sanguinetti—Williams, The (Hobart) Mercury, (Tuesday, 27 February 1883), p.4.Deaths: Sanguinetti, The Argus, (Monday, 10 March 1902), p.1. Frank Sanguinetti was born at Collingwood, Victoria on 5 May 1886.
He married Edith Jane Allen (1890-1972) in 1912. They had six children.
Football After a single senior game with Richmond against Carlton at the Punt Road Oval on 15 August 1908, the second last match of Richmond's first VFL season, Sanguinetti returned to Collingwood Districts in 1909 where he played until 1913.Football: Metropolitan Amateur Association, The Argus, (Monday, 28 July 1913), p.4.
Death Having spent his life employed as a tailor, he died at Camberwell, Victoria on 27 July 1973.Deaths: Sanguinetti, The Age, (Monday, 30 July 1973), p.14.
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References This Collingwood Life: Frank Sanguinetti: From Italian Migrants to Five Generations of Magpie fans, colingwoodfc.com.au. Hogan P: The Tigers of Old, Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. Holmesby, Russell & Main, Jim (2014), The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: Every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.), Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing.
External links
Frank Sanguinetti's profile at Tigerland Archive