Background
Of Italian descent, Rucci grew up in the western suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia and graduated from Woodville High School.
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Michelangelo Rucci
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He is an award-winning sports writer in Adelaide and is the chief Australian rules football writer for The Advertiser, Adelaide"s only daily newspaper.
Rucci also covered field hockey for News Limited in the 1988 and 2000 Summer Olympics. In 1999 Rucci published and co-authored Dynasty, the story of legendary Portuguese Adelaide coach Fos Williams and his family"s dynasty in football.
The American Federation of Labor-Congress in 2006 appointed Rucci to the selection panel for Australian football"s Indigenous Team of the Century.
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.
Achievements
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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. The SANFL in 2007 awarded Rucci its Gold Media Award for his outstanding contribution to covering football in South Australia. 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 and 2011 National Association of Broadcasters Cup pre-season grand finals and the Allen Aylett Medal at the 2008 American Federation of Labor-Congress Hall of Fame tribute match at the MCG.
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