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Italian former dual-code rugby international footballer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vincenzo Bertolotto (24 April 1912 – 4 April 1992) was an Italian commercial lawyer and dual-code rugby footballer who played rugby union in the 1930s and 1940s before switching to rugby league in 1950s.
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Full name | Vincenzo Bertolotto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Turin, Italy | 24 April 1912||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 4 April 1992 79) Turin, Italy | (aged||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (182 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 13 st 13 lb (88 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Lock, Flanker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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For union, he played as a lock or flanker for club sides CUS Torino Rugby and R.S. Ginnastica Torino, the latter of which he captained, as well as Italy national team whom he also captained.
For league, he played as a second-row for Torino XIII and the national team, which to he captained.
He has been described as "Italy’s first great cross-code international".[1]
Vincenzo Bertolotto was the captain of the R.S. Ginnastica Torino team that won the 1947 Campionati italiani. In honour of this, Bertolotto's name appears alongside his teammates on a plaque affixed to Motovelodromo Fausto Coppi in Turin, the squad was; eight players that would subsequently accompany Bertolotto on the 1950 rugby league tour.
Bertolotto was part of Torino XIII team that joined the French league.
Vincenzo Bertolotto won caps for Italy in the 1936 FIRA Tournament against Germany and Romania, as well as the 1937 edition against the same opponents, the 1942 against Romania, and the 1948 edition, his first as captain, against France.[2]
Vincenzo Bertolotto co-organised, with Dennis Chappell[3] and a Turin resident, the 1950 Italy tour of Great Britain and France which he captained.
He was part of the Italy squad that toured again in 1954.
Bertolotto is the father of the architect Carlo Bertolotto.
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