{{short description|Australian rules footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox AFL biography | name = Frank Rugolo | image = | fullname = Francesco Rugolo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|09|05|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | originalteam = St Peters East Bentleigh. Assumption College | height = 184 cm | weight = 80 kg | position = | statsend = 1986 | years1 = 1983–86 | club1 = {{AFL Mel}} | games_goals1 = 11 (11) | careerhighlights = }} '''Francesco "Frank" Rugolo''' (born 5 September 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).<ref name=encyc>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 |last=Holmesby|first=Russell|last2=Main|first2=Jim |year=2009 |edition=8th |isbn=978-1-921496-00-4 |publisher=BAS Publishing |location=Seaford, Victoria |page=728}}</ref>
He later played in the Victorian Football Association for Sandringham. He was the leading goalkicker of the 1991 home-and-away season with 78 goals, before finishing second overall after the finals.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Herald-Sun News-Pictorial|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|page=75|author=Damian Barrett|date=26 August 1991|title=The Vales spring back}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Herald-Sun News-Pictorial|publication-place=Melbourne, VIC|page=75|author=Damian Barrett|date=19 August 1991|title=Boroughs in the box seat}}</ref>
Rugolo's brother Joe also played for Melbourne during the 1980s.
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== External links == *{{AFL Tables|ref=F/Francesco_Rugolo.html}} *[https://demonwiki.org/tiki-index.php?page=Frank+Rugolo DemonWiki page]
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