Michelangelo Rucci
Encyclopedia
Michelangelo Rucci is an Australian sports journalist
, and writer.
Of Italian
descent, is an award-winning sports writer in Adelaide, South Australia. He is the chief Australian rules football
writer for The Advertiser
, Adelaide's only daily newspaper. He is a long-standing supporter of the Port Adelaide Football Club
. This has caused some Adelaide supporters to accuse Rucci of being biased.
Rucci also covered field hockey
for News Limited
in the 1988
and 2000 Summer Olympics
. He also was a consultant to the president of the International Hockey Federation
, Etienne Glichitch, in the 1990s and won the sport's high honour, the President's Award, in 1997.
In 1999 Rucci published and co-authored Dynasty, the story of legendary Port Adelaide coach Fos Williams and his family's dynasty in football.
The SANFL in 2007 awarded Rucci its Gold Media Award for his outstanding contribution to covering football in South Australia.
The AFL in 2006 appointed Rucci to the selection panel for Australian football's Indigenous Team of the Century. The league also had Rucci as a judge for the Norm Smith Medal at the 1994 and 2005 grand finals, the Michael Tuck Medal at the 2008 NAB Cup pre-season grand final and the Allen Aylett Medal at the 2008 AFL Hall of Fame tribute match at the MCG. He is also a selector for the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Rucci was added to the Australian Football Hall of Fame selection committee in 2011.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, and writer.
Of Italian
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
descent, is an award-winning sports writer in Adelaide, South Australia. He is the chief Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
writer for The Advertiser
The Advertiser (Australia)
The Advertiser is a daily tabloid-format newspaper published in the city of Adelaide, South Australia. First published as a broadsheet named "The South Australian Advertiser" on 12 July 1858, it is currently printed daily from Monday to Saturday. A Sunday edition exists under the name of the Sunday...
, Adelaide's only daily newspaper. He is a long-standing supporter of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Football Club
The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...
. This has caused some Adelaide supporters to accuse Rucci of being biased.
Rucci also covered field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
for News Limited
News Limited
News Limited is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The publicly listed company's interests span newspaper and magazine publishing, Internet, Pay TV, National Rugby League, market research, DVD and film distribution, and film and television production trading assets.News Limited...
in the 1988
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
and 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. He also was a consultant to the president of the International Hockey Federation
International Hockey Federation
The International Field Hockey Federation is the global governing body of field hockey...
, Etienne Glichitch, in the 1990s and won the sport's high honour, the President's Award, in 1997.
In 1999 Rucci published and co-authored Dynasty, the story of legendary Port Adelaide coach Fos Williams and his family's dynasty in football.
The SANFL in 2007 awarded Rucci its Gold Media Award for his outstanding contribution to covering football in South Australia.
The AFL in 2006 appointed Rucci to the selection panel for Australian football's Indigenous Team of the Century. The league also had Rucci as a judge for the Norm Smith Medal at the 1994 and 2005 grand finals, the Michael Tuck Medal at the 2008 NAB Cup pre-season grand final and the Allen Aylett Medal at the 2008 AFL Hall of Fame tribute match at the MCG. He is also a selector for the South Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Rucci was added to the Australian Football Hall of Fame selection committee in 2011.