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 channel4.com - Football Italia
Valentino lost his life in the Superga air crash in 1949, leaving his young family to fend for themselves.
Mazzola senior was a robust figure as the game in the immediate years around World War 2 required.
Valentino’s footballing story began with the Alfa Romeo factory team in Milan, but it was only when military service took him to Venice in 1939 that he really started to break through.
www.channel4.com /sport/football_italia/articles/mazzolagg.html   (1136 words)

  
 FIFA.com
Not all make it to the top of course, and many suffer under the weight of their illustrious surname, but a special few manage to be remembered for their first names, recalling the old proverb 'like father, like son'.
Mazzola senior was the star striker of the great Torino side that dominated the Calcio in the 1940s, but at just 30 years of age and entering the peak of his career, he tragically lost his life in the Superga air disaster.
Sandro Mazzola finally called time on his career at the age of 36, having joined his father in the pantheon of the Calcio's all-time greats.
www.fifa.com /en/news/feature/0,1451,106839,00.html   (1189 words)

  
 Valentino Mazzola - Wikipedia
La prima squadra di Valentino Mazzola fu l'Alfa Romeo Milano, club di serie C con la quale militò durante la stagione 1938-1939.
Anche se Sandro vinse molti più trofei rispetto a Valentino, si deve considerare che negli anni in cui si svolse la carriera di Valentino Mazzola non vennero disputati campionati del mondo di calcio nè coppe internazionali.
L'incidente aereo avvenne dopo che il Torino aveva disputato un incontro amichevole a Lisbona che proprio Valentino Mazzola aveva organizzato.
it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Valentino_Mazzola   (821 words)

  
 .:Always Inter:. Sandro Mazzola   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Sandro Mazzola is undoubtedly one of the greatest strikers ever to grace the Nerazzurri club.
Son of the great Valentino Mazzola, who died while playing for Torino in the Superga Air Crash (1949), Sandro was never expeted to reach the heights that he did.
After several roles with Inter, Mazzola occasionally appears on Italian TV programmes.
www.always-inter.com /legends/mazzola.html   (594 words)

  
 More info about the poet: Figlio di Valentino - references bibliography
il 24 Aprile 2000 Sposata a Valentino Marlia Genera il figlio Dario Marlia Professione: Infermiera diplomata.
Figlio di Valentino Mazzola, campione del Torino, per alcuni il più grande calciatore italiano di sempre, per tutti uno dei cinque migliori affianco a...
Sandro Mazzola si è dimostrato degno figlio di Valentino Mazzola, il cui nome resterà per sempre legato a quello del grande Torino.
www.poemhunter.com /figlio-di-valentino-2/resources   (860 words)

  
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The leader of this Torino was Valentino Mazzola, for the charisma he had in the changing-room and on the field, and for his technical capacities.
It is important to remember that Valentino Mazzola, one of the greatest midfielders of world soccer history (and father of Sandro Mazzola), before being football player worked at Alfa Romeo of Milan for help the family and his bright career started on the soccer field inside the factory.
Also Mazzola was not in perfect form, because of a little flu, but he wanted to go anyway, because he had organized the match and he wanted to be in the match, so he went towards his tragical fate.
www.toroclub.it /storia/gt/egt.htm   (2691 words)

  
 Planet World Cup - The All-Time World Cup - Group D - Italy v Hungary
Pozzo tried to bring fresh blood with Sandro Mazzola in place of Gianni Rivera, the opposite from the famous substitution by Valcareggi during the World Cup 1970 and soon after father Mazzola, Valentino, entered the pitch in place of Meazza.
Valentino Mazzola was released by Sandro but shot it wide, on the other end subsitute Imre Schlosser-Lakatos came within inches of sliding a Czibor cross home.
It was Valentino Mazzola again doing the first damage, moving past Biro and Meszoly and passing the ball neatly to Tardelli.
www.planetworldcup.com /atwc/groupd_ita_v_hun.html   (1222 words)

  
 Best Italian player ever - soccer24-7.com Forums
As I told you about Valentino and Sandro I dont have a own opinion, I was just refering what everyone say and said about them.
Sandro was for sure a great player but he has always been the son of Valentino, I mean that even when he played everyone still remembered his father.
Another fact because he is not very loved is that in the World Cup of 1970 (when Italia arrived second) the coach made play Mazzola instead of Gianni Rivera who was in a great shape (what he did in the semifinal against Germany will remain in the history of Italian football).
www.soccer24-7.com /forum/showthread.php?t=16636   (1745 words)

  
 Ases del Mundo: Valentino Mazzola : Emblema del fútbol italiano de posguerra - Los mejores jugadores de los mundiales ...
La historia comenzó con Valentino Mazzola, el legendario capitán y máximo goleador del Torino de la década de los años ´40, equipo con el que ganó entonces cinco campeonatos italianos consecutivos.
Los expertos señalan que Valentino posiblemente haya sido uno de los delanteros más habilidosos que dió Italia.
En aquellos años que siguieron a la culminación de la guerra, Mazzola se convirtió en uno de los ídolos más queridos y respetados por la afición, porque con su temple, sacrificio y habilidad, ayudó como el Ave Fénix, a resucitar de las cenizas al fútbol de la península, enterrado como consecuencia de la contienda bélica.
www.univision.com /content/content.jhtml?cid=62880   (448 words)

  
 Planet World Cup - The All-Time World Cup - Group D - Italy v Paraguay
Valentino Mazzola, making his debut in the All Time World Cup, turned away from Jacquet a couple of times and sent crosses to Piola and Riva.
Riva took a pass from Mazzola out of the air but Chilavert saved bravely.
First a fine combination between Baggio and Mazzola brought the ball to the outside left who released a bomb from just outside the box.
www.planetworldcup.com /atwc/groupd_ita_v_par.html   (779 words)

  
 Turin
During the fifties, in a terrible air accident, the whole football team of Turin (then one of the most important in Italy) was in a plane that hit the church of Superga, on the Turin hills.
Among those who lost their lives was Valentino Mazzola, father of Ferruccio and Sandro Mazzola (who were also later to be football champions).
Turin produces a typical chocolate, named Gianduiotto after Gianduia, local Commedia dell'arte mask.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/tu/Turin.html   (280 words)

  
 Forza Azzurri Statistics, Azzurri Stars
He is the father of the Italian Azzurro Star - Alessandro Mazzola.
The son of the Azzurro Star Valentino Mazzola, he was the Runner-up European Player of the Year in 1971 and one of the greatest talents of Italian Football in the 1960's and 1970's, famous for his dribbling and agility.
He was one of the main pillars around which the great and triumphant Italian National Teams of 1968 and 1970 were built.
www.homestead.com /forza_azzurri/Main_Stars.html   (4154 words)

  
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 Vantage Point : Soccer's Emotions Should Be Unifying, Not Terrifying
Ten of the players had represented Italy, and the trainer, Leslie Lieversley, was an English war hero, a squadron leader.
Their last flight had been to Lisbon where they performed for the benefit of Francisco Ferreira, a destitute former Benfica player whose friend Valentino Mazzola was captain of Torino and Italy.
He went on to become an outstanding forward for Inter Milan.
www.iht.com /articles/1999/05/05/soccer.2.t_2.php   (803 words)

  
 Giuseppe Meazza - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Giuseppe Meazza (August 23 1910 – August 21 1979) was an Italian footballer playing mainly for Inter in the 1930s, scoring 243 goals in 361 games for the club.
He is still considered by many to be one of the greatest Italian players of all-time, along with legends such as Valentino Mazzola, Silvio Piola, Giacinto Facchetti, Gianni Rivera, Renzo De Vecchi, Dino Zoff, Luigi Riva, Gaetano Scirea, Paolo Maldini and Roberto Baggio.
Meazza was the first Italian football player who became famous worldwide, and was the first player with personal sponsors.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/Giuseppe_Meazza   (802 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Sports - World Cup 2006 - Stars - 1962 Chile
Brazil and England battled to a 0-0 draw in the opening round in the first goal-less game ever at the World Cup.
Brazilian centre-forward Jose Altafini was nicknamed "Mazzola" because he bore a striking resemblance to former Italian captain Valentino Mazzola.
Altafini would play for Italy at the 1962 World Cup in Chile.
www.cbc.ca /sports/worldcup2006/history/events/1958.html   (1870 words)

  
 CBC.ca - Sports - World Cup 2006 - Stars - 1966 England
Over in Group 4, Italy needed only to draw lowly North Korea in Middlesbrough in its last game to qualify for the quarter-finals.
Little was known about the Asian team before the tournament, but few expected them to provide much opposition to an Italian side featuring AC Milan star Gianni Rivera (a future European player of the year), Sandro Mazzola (son of Valentino Mazzola, the former Italian team captain) and Giacinto Facchetti (the Inter Milan icon).
And yet, it was North Korea who prevailed, Pak Doo Ik's name still a painful reminder to a generation of Italians four decades later after he scored the winning goal just before halftime.
www.cbc.ca /sports/worldcup2006/history/events/1966.html   (2318 words)

  
 CNR at the Winter Olympic Games
While creating a beautiful silhouette, the church also marks the spot where, in 1949, a plane flying from Spain to Torino crashed with the city’s soccer team on board.
Thirty-one people died, including team captain Valentino Mazzola.
A quick stop at an outdoor café for a cappuccino or two brings with it a few new Olympic pins to add to the already-established vast collection.
www.cnr.edu /CNR-olympics/CNR-WinterGames-225.html   (477 words)

  
 ROBERTO BAGGIO'S WORLD
Recently the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio released a temporary result of the Italian national team of all-time, and Roby was among the eleven players who had the highest votes at their specific positions.
The other ten players were Dino Zoff, Claudio Gentile, Paolo Maldini, Marco Tardelli, Alessandro Nesta, Franco Baresi, Bruno Conti, Valentino Mazzola, Paolo Rossi and Gianni Rivera.
Here is a Real format video of an interview with coach Mazzone, inside the video are some scenes of Brescia's training session in Vipiteno, which include Roby's three goals in the friendly match on Wednesday.
www.pro-paul.net /baggio/english/prevupdates/200107.html   (2382 words)

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