Peter Bevilacqua

Pietro Paolo Bevilacqua (English: Peter Paul Bevilacqua 29 June 1933 – 3 March 2025) was an Australian rules footballer and soccer player.^[1]

Peter Bevilacqua
Personal information
Full name	Pietro Paolo Bevilacqua
Date of birth	(1933-06-29)29 June 1933
Place of birth	San Marco in Lamis, Italy
Date of death	3 March 2025(2025-03-03) (aged 91)
Original team(s)	University Blues
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1953	Carlton	1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1953.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Bevilacqua's Australian rules career was short and uneventful at the highest level but was significant for the fact he was the only known VFL/AFL footballer to have been born in Italy (in San Marco in Lamis). His one and only game at VFL level was for Carlton against North Melbourne in Round 18 1953.^[2][3][4]

Bevilacqua played two senior games for Victorian first division soccer club Juventus (now Bulleen Zebras).^[2]

In 2012, Bevilacqua was named in a celebratory Carlton international team as a follower.^[5] Bevilacqua died on 3 March 2025, at the age of 91.^[6]