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Steven Alessio (born 8 November 1971) is a former Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. Of Italian descent and named in the VFL/AFL Italian Team of the Century in 2007 Alessio made his debut in 1992 and was renowned as one of Essendon’s great ruckmen. He was reportedly recruited after walking into the clubhouse and asking for a trial instead of being selected through the player draft. He was given the no.