Famous People with Name Antonio

Antonio (Tony) Emil Tuimavave            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Antonio (Tony) Emil Tuimavave: is a former professional rugby league player who is the current head coach of the Ponsonby Ponies. He played mainly at prop or at lock forward. He was nicknamed The Chief because he is a chief back in his native Samoa. He played for the Mt Albert Lions an

Antonio "Tony" Zappia            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Antonio "Tony" Zappia: is the Australian Labor Party representative for the electoral division of Makin in north-eastern Adelaide, South Australia in the 2007 federal election. He successfully defeated Liberal representative Bob Day in the 2007 election, claiming the seat of Ma

Peggy Antonio            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Peggy Antonio: was an Australian women's Test cricketer, known as the "Girl Grimmett".Antonio was raised in Port Melbourne, Victoria, a working class suburb of Melbourne. Her father was a Chilean docker of French and Spanish descent who died when she was 15 months.[1] With the encouragement of her uncle she learnt her cricket from the boys in her neighbourhood streets. As a young girl during the Great Depression, she was lucky enough to find work at a shoe factory in the industrial suburb of Collingwood.[1] The factory was home to a women's cricket team where Antonio came to the attention of Eddie Conlon, a club cricketer with an encyclopaedic knowledge of the game. With the assistance of Conlon, Antonio developed a rare mix of leg spin and off spin, including a top spinner and a wrong'un.[1]