Vincenzo Bertolotto

Vincenzo Bertolotto

Vincent Bertolotto and French coach Michel Boucheron
Personal information
Full name	Vincenzo Bertolotto
Born	(1912-04-24)24 April 1912 Turin, Italy
Died	4 April 1992(1992-04-04) (aged 79) Turin, Italy
Playing information
Height	5 ft 11.5 in (182 cm)
Weight	13 st 13 lb (88 kg)
Rugby union
Position	Lock, Flanker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1932–42 CUS Torino Rugby 1947–50 R.S. Ginnastica Torino Total 0 0 0 0 0 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1936–48 Italy
Rugby league
Position	Second-row
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1950–≥50 Torino XIII Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1950–≥50 Italy

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.

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".

Club career

Commemorative plaque in honour of the Italian champions 1947.

Rugby union

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.

Rugby league

Bertolotto was part of Torino XIII team that joined the French league.

International career

Rugby union

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.

Rugby league

Vincenzo Bertolotto co-organised, with Dennis Chappell 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.

Personal life

Bertolotto is the father of the architect Carlo Bertolotto.

References

General

• Benedetto Pasqua; Mirio Da Roit, Cent'anni di rugby a Torino (One Hundred Years of Rugby in Turin), Torino, Ananke [2011].
• Francesco Volpe; Paolo Pacetti, Rugby 2012, Roma, Zesi [2011].
• Gianluca Barca; Gian Franco Bellè, La Sesta Nazione (The Sixth Nation), Parma, Grafiche Step [2008].

Inline

External links

• rugbyleagueproject profile