| Guglielmo Gabetto | |
| Birth Date: | 1916 2, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Turin, Kingdom of Italy |
| Death Place: | Superga, Italy |
| Height: | 1.74 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Years1: | 1934–1941 |
| Years2: | 1941–1949 |
| Clubs1: | Juventus |
| Clubs2: | Torino |
| Caps1: | 164 |
| Caps2: | 219 |
| Goals1: | 87 |
| Goals2: | 122 |
| Totalcaps: | 383 |
| Totalgoals: | 209 |
| Nationalyears1: | 1942–1948 |
| Nationalteam1: | Italy |
| Nationalcaps1: | 6 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Guglielmo Gabetto (pronounced as /it/; 24 February 1916 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Aside from goalkeeper Alfredo Bodoira, he is the only player to win the Italian championship with both Torino and cross-city rivals Juventus.[1]
Gabetto was born in Turin, Italy, in the Aurora district of the Piedmont capital.[1]
He died in a commercial aeroplane tragedy as one of the victims of the 1949 Superga air disaster, when a plane carrying almost the entire Torino Football Club squad, the Grande Torino, crashed into the Superga hill near Turin. He was buried in the Cimitero Monumentale in Turin.[1]
Gabetto began his career with Juventus in 1934, scoring 102 goals for the club in seven seasons, 85 of which came in the league; he is still today one of the club's best goalscorers.[1]
In 1941 he was acquired by local rivals Torino, for a notable sum of 330,000 Lit.; the same season, Torino bought two other Juventus players: Felice Borel, and Alfredo Bodoira. He formed a notable attack alongside Ezio Loik and Valentino Mazzola, becoming a key player in the Grande Torino side which dominated Italy, winning five consecutive Serie A titles. Only he and his teammate Piero Operto were originally from Turin. In total, he scored 127 goals for Torino in 225 matches.[1]
Gabetto also made 6 appearances for Italy between 1942 and 1948, scoring 5 goals, the first of which came on his debut against Croatia on 5 April 1942.[2]
Regarded as one of the best Italian players of his generation, and one of Italy's greatest-ever strikers, Gabetto was a complete, creative, fast, and technically gifted forward, who was known for his flair, coordination, speed, and dribbling skills. Nicknamed il barone ("the baron," in Italian), he usually played as a centre-forward, and possessed "acrobatic" characteristics that apparently allowed him to produce "near-impossible" goals. The precision and the power of his kicking made him an impeccable and highly prolific goal-scorer, which made him an idol of the Torino fans, who affectionately called him "Gabe."[1] [3]
1937–38
1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49
1942–43