Bruno Neri | |
Birth Date: | 12 October 1910 |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1926–1929 |
Clubs1: | Faenza |
Years2: | 1929–1936 |
Clubs2: | Fiorentina |
Caps2: | 187 |
Goals2: | 1 |
Years3: | 1936–1937 |
Clubs3: | Lucchese |
Caps3: | 25 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1937–1940 |
Clubs4: | Torino |
Caps4: | 65 |
Goals4: | 1 |
Years5: | 1940–1944 |
Clubs5: | Faenza |
Totalcaps: | 277 |
Totalgoals: | 2 |
Nationalyears1: | 1936–1937 |
Nationalteam1: | Italy |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Bruno Neri (pronounced as /it/; 12 October 1910 – 10 July 1944) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, and was a World War II partisan.
Neri played club football for Faenza, Fiorentina, Lucchese and Torino; he also earned three caps for the Italy national team.[1]
Neri was an anti-fascist, and in 1931, at the inaugural match at a new stadium named in honour of Italian fascist Giovanni Berta, Neri was the sole player to refuse to give a fascist salute before the game, instead keeping both arms straight down by his sides.[2]
In 1940, Neri began combining his playing career with anti-fascist activities; he was killed in an ambush by German troops at Marradi on 10 July 1944.[3]