Vincenzo Bertolotto (24 April 1912 in Turin – 4 April 1992 in Turin) was an Italian commercial

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and rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Italy (

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), and at club level for CUS Torino Rugby and

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(Captain), as a lock, or

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, i.e. number 4 or 5, or, 6 or 7, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Italy (Captain), and at club level for

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, as a , i.e. number 11 or 12 during the era of contested scrums. He is also the father of the architect Carlo Bertolotto.

Playing career

International honours

Rugby union

Vincenzo Bertolotto won caps for Italy (RU) in the

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against Germany and Romania, in 1937 against Germany and Romania, in 1942 against Romania, and was

in 1948 against France XV.

Rugby league

Vincenzo Bertolotto co-organised (with Dennis Chappel

from Wakefield, and a Turin resident), and

ed the Italy (RL) tour of 1950 to France (3 matches), England and Wales, including; 28–49 defeat by Wigan at Central Park, Wigan on Saturday 26 August 1950, Huddersfield at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Wednesday 6 September 1950, 11–29 defeat by South Wales XIII at

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, Bridgend on Saturday 2 September 1950, and 38–74 defeat by St. Helens at Knowsley Road on Thursday 16 November 1950. The Italy (RL) squad was;

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. Italy (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 Carpentras XIII who attempted goals without a run up), Vincenzo Bertolotto, and

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in front of a crowd of 7,000 under Floodlights in the evening on Wednesday 7 April 1954, the Bradford Northern team was; Joe Phillips, David Knorpf, Joseph Mageen, Emlyn Jenkins, William "Bill" Seddon, Jack McLean, Leonard Haley, (Peter?) P. Goddard, (Griff?) G. Jones, (Norman?) N. Carter, Norman Haley, Wynn Jones,

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, Anthony/

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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 Central Park, Wigan, and Bradford Northern agreed to play despite only having played Halifax on Monday 5 April 1954.

Club career

Rugby union

Vincenzo Bertolotto was the captain of the

(RU) team that won the 1947 Campionati italiani. In honour of this, Bertolotto's name appears alongside his teammates on a plaque affixed to Motovelodromo Fausto Coppi in Turin, the squad was; eight players that would subsequently accompany Bertolotto on the 1950 rugby league tour, and also Ausonio Alacevich, Bianco, Campi, Chiosso, Chiosso,

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IV, Pescarmona, Piovano, Rocca,

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), Siliquini, and

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Rugby league

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

featuring Vincenzo Bertolotto joined the French league.

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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*Francesco Volpe; Paolo Pacetti, Rugby 2012, Roma, Zesi

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

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External links

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