Peter Neil Melesso (born 30 November 1961) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne, St Kilda and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian/Australian Football League (VFL/AFL).
[1] He played seven games in three seasons with St Kilda then ended up with Claremont in the WAFL, where he became a mainstay of a champion team under Gerard Neesham and three times[a] produced memorable kicks to save the Tigers from defeat.
Melesso, a key position player, was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer during the 1990 season and didn't play for the club again.
[3] In 2005, Melesso was called up as a witness in the manslaughter trial of Melbourne bouncer Zdravko Micevic.
Melesso had been working in the bottle shop of the Beaconsfield Hotel in St Kilda where Micevic was accused of an assault which resulted in the death of cricketer David Hookes.