Sandro Vigliano 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 CUS Torino Rugby, and

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 6 or 7.

Playing career

International honours

Sandro Vigliano represented

in 1937 against

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, in the 1937 FIRA Tournament (

) against

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, and

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, in 1939 against

, and in 1942 against

Club career

Sandro Vigliano was a member of the CUS Torino Rugby team that won the 1936, and 1941 Campionati italiani, and was also a member of the

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

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, Vincenzo Bertolotto, Bianco,

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, Campi,

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, Chiosso, Chiosso,

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IV,

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, Pescarmona, Piovano, Rocca,

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), Siliquini, Giovanni Tamagno, and Sandro Vigliano.

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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External links

Search for "Alacevich" at rugbyleagueproject.org
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