Nicolò Carosio (15 March 1907 – 27 September 1984) was an Italian sport journalist and commentator. Born in

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, the son of a

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and a Maltese pianist, Carosio graduated in law, then he decided to participate in a contest organized by radio broadcaster

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, winning it. He debuted as a sport commentator on radio in 1933, while in 1954 he made his television debut.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni, ''Enciclopedia della Televisione'', Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . He commented more than three thousand sport matches and he was the official commentator of matches involving the

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for over thirty years, retiring in 1971. After the retirement he wrote a column in the weekly comic book ''

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'' ("Vi parla Nicolò Carosio") and appeared as himself in the 1974 comedy film '' L'arbitro''. In 2007, on the centenary of his birth, Poste italiane released a stamp dedicated to his memory. In 1949, due to the concomitant ceremony of the

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of his son, he had to renounce the trip to

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with the

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, a circumstance that saved his life. On the return journey, in fact, the plane of the team crashed against the

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(

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