Renato Dall'Ara (10 October 1892 in

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– 3 June 1964 in

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) was an Italian entrepreneur, sports manager, and chairman of

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for thirty years.

Biography

An entrepreneur of modest origins, Dall'Ara went from his native

, starting a thriving knitwear company that made him wealthy. In 1934, he was appointed as president of football club

. During the first years of his presidency, between 1934 and 1941, the team (led until 1938 by the Hungarian coach Árpád Weisz) won four league titles and the Coupe des Nations in Paris in 1937 ( it). In the postwar years, Dall'Ara was unable for many years to repeat the previous successes, until the beginning of the 1960s, when Bologna won the

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in 1961 ( it). In the

1963–64 Serie A The 1963–64 Serie A season was won by Bologna. Teams Messina, Bari and Lazio had been promoted from Serie B. Final classification Results Championship tie-breaker With both Inter and Bologna level on 54 points, a play-off match was condu ...

, Bologna and

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were about to play the Championship tie-breaker on 7 June 1964; however, four days before the match, on 3 June, Dall'Ara died in Milan from a heart attack while he was in the Lega Calcio headquarters for a meeting with

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in preparation for that match. Dall'Ara was buried in the

Certosa di Bologna The Certosa di Bologna is a former Carthusian monastery (or charterhouse) in Bologna, northern Italy, which was founded in 1334 and suppressed in 1797. In 1801 it became the city's Monumental Cemetery which would be much praised by Byron and othe ...

along with his wife. The stadium of Bologna,

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Stadio Renato Dall'Ara is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologna, Italy. It is currently used mostly for association football, football matches and the home of Bologna FC 1909, Bologna FC. The stadium was designed by Giulio Ulisse Arata and inaugur ...

, was named after him. He was added to the

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in 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dall'Ara, Renato 1892 births 1964 deaths People from Reggio Emilia Italian sporting directors Burials at Certosa cemetery