Aldo Ballarin (; 10 January 1922 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian
footballer
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who played as a
defender.
Club career
Ballarin played for five seasons (166 games, three goals) in
Serie A for
U.S. Triestina Calcio
Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its ...
and
Torino. With Torino, he won four Serie A titles.
International career
He made his debut for the
Italy national football team on 11 November 1945 in a game against
Switzerland
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.
Personal life
Aldo's younger brothers
Dino Ballarin
Dino Ballarin (23 September 1925 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
He arrived at Torino in 1947, the team in which his brother, Aldo Ballarin, played as a defender. Dino arrived from the amateurs n ...
and
Sergio Ballarin also played football professionally. To distinguish them, Aldo was referred to as Ballarin I, Dino as Ballarin II and Sergio as Ballarin III.
Death
Ballarin died with his brother Dino and most of the ''
Grande Torino
The Grande Torino was the historic Italian football team of Torino Football Club in the 1940s, five-time champions of Italy, whose players were the backbone of the Italy national team and died on 4 May 1949 in the plane crash known as the Superg ...
'' team in the
Superga air disaster. The stadium in his hometown, in which A.C. Chioggia Sottomarina plays, was renamed in their honour.
Honours
;Torino
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Serie A: 1945–46 Serie A-B, 1945–46, 1946–47 Serie A, 1946–47, 1947–48 Serie A, 1947–48, 1948–49 Serie A, 1948–49.
External links
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1922 births
1949 deaths
Italian men's footballers
Italy men's international footballers
Serie A players
Serie C players
Rovigo Calcio players
US Triestina Calcio 1918 players
Venezia FC players
Torino FC players
Men's association football defenders
Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster
People from Chioggia
Footballers from Veneto
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