Giovanni Vigna (born ) is an Italian former professional

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footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He played at representative level for

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and Combined Nationalities, and at club level for

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, as a , i.e. number 11 or 12, during the era of contested

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Playing career

Italy

Vincenzo Bertolotto co-organised (with Dennis Chappel

from

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resident), and

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ed the

(RL) tour of 1950 to France (3 matches), England (including; 28-49 defeat by

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on Saturday 26 August 1950,

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on Wednesday 6 September 1950, St. Helens at

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on Thursday 16 November 1950), and Wales (including; 11-29 defeat by South Wales XIII at

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on Saturday 2 September 1950). The

(RL) squad was; *

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(previously of

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(RU)), *

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(previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), *

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(previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), *

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(previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), * Vincenzo Bertolotto (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), *

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, *

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(previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), *

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, *

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, *

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, *

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(previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), *

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, *

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(previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), *

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, * Enzo Francesconi, *

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, * Aldo Guglielminotti (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), * Giovanni Orecchia, * Luigi Pignattaro, * Franco Pipino, * Giorgio Rassaval, *

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, * Giovanni Tamagno (previously of R.S. Ginnastica Torino (RU)), *

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, * Giovanni Vigna.

(RL) toured again in 1954, they were known as Federazione Amatori Italiani – Gioco di XIII (Federation of Italian Amateurs - Game of thirteen) because they were prevented from using the term "

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(Italian Rugby (Union) Federation), the squad included; Baldassin ( for

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who attempted

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s without a run up), Vincenzo Bertolotto, Giovanni Vigna, the squad arrived in

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on Tuesday 6 April 1954, to play six games in fifteen days, Giovanni Vigna scored 3- tries, and Baldassin scored 3-

s from eleven attempts in the initial 18-67 defeat by

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in front of a crowd of 7,000 under

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in the evening on Wednesday 7 April 1954, the Bradford Northern team was;

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, D Knorpf,

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, A. Story,

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, the initial match was originally scheduled to be an amateur international at

, this was rescheduled to later in the tour at

, and Bradford Northern agreed to play despite only having played Halifax on Monday 5 April 1954. Giovanni Vigna played right-, i.e. number 12, in

's 15-37 defeat by

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in the

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match at

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on Saturday 23 January 1960.

Combined Nationalities

Giovanni Vigna played right-, i.e. number 12, and scored a

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in Combined Nationalities' 15-19 defeat by

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on Sunday 3 January 1954.

Club career

Following the

(RL) tour of 1950 to France, England, and Wales, a

featuring Giovanni Vigna joined the French league.

References

Sources

*Benedetto Pasqua; Mirio Da Roit, Cent'anni di rugby a Torino (One Hundred Years of Rugby in Turin), Torino, Ananke

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