Tags: Australian Rules Football Player.
Anthony ‘Tony’ Polinelli (born 18 February 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Victorian Football League (VFL) during the early 1960s.Polinelli started his career as a rover but developed into a dashing wingman. The club encouraged him to train with Arthur Edgerton a specialist sprint coach based in Geelong. Under Edgerton’s guidance Polinelli won the 1966 Bendigo Gift before finishing 2nd to Bill Howard in the 1966 Stawell Gift.