Mario Dotti IV is an Italian former

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footballer who played in the 1930s, and 1940s. He played at representative level for

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, and at club level for

R.S. Ginnastica Torino Reale Società Ginnastica di Torino is a sports club from Turin, founded on 17 March 1844. It is the oldest of its kind in Italy, it is most famous for competing in the Italian Football Championship with its football section which opened in 1897 ...

, as a

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, i.e. number 11 or 14.

Playing career

International honours

Mario Dotti IV played

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for

in the 3–0 victory over

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Campo Testaccio Campo Testaccio was a multi-use stadium in Rome, Italy. It was initially used as the stadium of A.S. Roma matches, before the team moves to Stadio Nazionale PNF, located in Flaminio quarter in 1940. The capacity of the stadium was 20,000 spectators ...

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on Saturday 29 April 1939, the 0–3 defeat to

at Dinamo Stadion,

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on Sunday 14 April 1940, and the 4–0 victory over

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Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

on Sunday 5 May 1940.

Club career

Mario Dotti IV was a member of the

team that won the 1947 Campionati italiani. In honour of this, Dotti's name appears alongside his teammates on a plaque affixed to Motovelodromo Fausto Coppi in Turin, the squad was; Ausonio Alacevich,

Guido Aleati Guido Aleati (born ) is an Italian rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for R.S. Ginnastica Torino, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Italy, an ...

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, Vincenzo Bertolotto, Bianco,

Giovanni Bonino Giovanni Bonino (born ) is an Italian rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Italy, and at club level for R.S. Ginnastica Torino, as a flanker, ...

, Campi,

Gabriele Casalegno Gabriele Casalegno (born ) is an Italian rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for R.S. Ginnastica Torino, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Ita ...

, Chiosso, Chiosso,

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, Mario Dotti IV,

Aldo Guglielminotti Aldo Guglielminotti (born ) is an Italian rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for R.S. Ginnastica Torino, and representative level rugby league (RL) for It ...

, Pescarmona, Piovano, Rocca,

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(

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), Siliquini,

Giovanni Tamagno Giovanni Tamagno (born ) is an Italian rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for R.S. Ginnastica Torino, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Italy ...

, and

Sandro Vigliano Sandro Vigliano is an Italian former rugby union footballer who played in the 1930s, and 1940s. He played at representative level for Italy (Captain), and at club level for CUS Torino Rugby, and R.S. Ginnastica Torino, as a Flanker, i.e. number ...

References

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

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*Gianluca Barca; Gian Franco Bellè, La Sesta Nazione (The Sixth Nation), Parma, Grafiche Step

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