Giuseppe Grezar | |
Birth Date: | 25 November 1918 |
Years1: | 1938–1942 |
Caps1: | 83 |
Goals1: | 51 |
Years2: | 1942–1943 |
Caps2: | 30 |
Goals2: | 3 |
Years3: | 1943 |
Caps3: | 15 |
Goals3: | 1 |
Years4: | 1945–1949 |
Caps4: | 123 |
Goals4: | 16 |
Nationalyears1: | 1942–1948 |
Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Giuseppe Grezar (pronounced as /it/; 25 November 1918 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian football player, who played as a midfielder for Torino F.C. and died in the Superga air disaster together with the whole Grande Torino team.[1]
Grezar was born in Trieste. He played as a midfielder, debuting for Triestina. He was acquired by Torino in 1942.
With Torino, Grezar played 154 times and won five consecutive Serie A scudetti, until dying with most of the team in the Superga air disaster near Turin, in May 1949. He was capped eight times for the Italy national team, scoring one goal. He also played with Ampelea Isola in 1944.[2]
The Stadio Giuseppe Grezar in Trieste is dedicated to him.
1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49
2016[3]