"My Marconi memories include Zoff and Schillaci"

Nello Pellegrino

Nello Pellegrino Source: Supplied

Nello Pellegrino came to Australia in 1962. Hed went on to become the president of the historic Club Marconi in Sydney.


Born in Oliveri - in the province of Messina - Nello Pellegrino left Sicily at 16 to emigrate to Sydney with his mother and two brothers and reunite with his father, who emigrated 4 years earlier, and the three older brothers who had previously arrived. This is his story.

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