Place of birth Turin, Italy Name Guglielmo Gabetto Place of death Superga, Italy Role Footballer | Playing position Height 1.74 m Years Team Position Forward | |
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Date of birth (1916-02-24)24 February 1916 Date of death 4 May 1949(1949-05-04) (aged 30) Died May 4, 1949, Superga, Italy | ||
Gocce di leggenda la maglia di guglielmo gabetto
Guglielmo Gabetto (24 February 1916 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker.
Contents
- Gocce di leggenda la maglia di guglielmo gabetto
- Biography
- Club career
- International career
- Style of play
- Club
- References
Aside from goalkeeper Alfredo Bodoira, he is the only player to win the Italian championship with both Torino F.C. and cross-city rivals Juventus F.C..
Biography
Gabetto was born in Turin, Italy, in the Aurora district of the Piedmont capital.
He died in a commercial airplane 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.
Club career
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.
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. Interestingly enough, only he and his team-mate Piero Operto were originally from Turin. In total, he scored 127 goals for Torino in 225 matches.
International career
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.
Style of play
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. He possessed “acrobatic” characteristics that apparently allowed him to make "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 fans, who affectionately called him "Gabe".