Ottorino Barassi (5 October 1898 – 24 November 1971FIFA EXECUTIVE MEMBERS 1904 - 2006
- fifa.com) was an Italian sports official. The first action of his career was to help organise the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

, which was played in his native Italy. His notability in World Cup history continued, as Italy won the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, be ...

in France. Because the World Cup did not take place for another 12 years (due to World War II), he famously had possession of the Jules Rimet trophy until the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...

. He secretly took the trophy home from a bank in Rome, and kept it under his bed in a shoebox so that the Nazi troops in Italy would not find it.1950 FIFA World Cup
- soccermuseum.org During the war, he was made commissioner of the

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from 1944 to 1946, and in 1946 he was promoted to president of the federation; a position which he would hold until 1958. Following his good work in the 1934 World Cup, he was also asked by FIFA to help Brazilian officials organise the

. This was a task which he completed successfully; he ensured that the Estádio do Maracanã was ready in time for the tournament, and that the event ran smoothly. He was appointed as a member of FIFA's executive committee from 1952 until his death in 1971. As a member of the executive committee, he helped found

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in the early 1950s. The

Coppa Ottorino Barassi The Coppa Ottorino Barassi (also called Italian-English Amateur League Cup) is a defunct amateur association football competition named after Ottorino Barassi that was contested from 1968 until 1976. The competition was contested by the English FA ...

, a match held from 1968–1976 between the

FA Amateur Cup The FA Amateur Cup was an English football competition for amateur clubs. It commenced in 1893 and ended in 1974 when the Football Association abolished official amateur status. History Following the legalisation of professionalism within footba ...

and

Coppa Italia Dilettanti The Coppa Italia Dilettanti ( Italian for: Italian Amateurs Cup) is an annual knock-out competition for teams from the fifth and sixth levels of Italian football: the Eccellenza and the Promozione. All ties except for the final, which is held at t ...

champions, was named after him. In 2011, he was posthumously inducted into the

Italian Football Hall of Fame The Italian Football Hall of Fame ( it, Hall of Fame del calcio italiano) is the hall of fame for association football players that have had a significant impact on Italian football. It is housed at the ''Museo del Calcio'' in Coverciano, Italy. ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Barassi, Ottorino Founders of association football institutions Italian football chairmen and investors 1898 births 1971 deaths