Grande Torino
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The Grande Torino was the historic Italian football team of Torino Football Club in the 1940s, five-time champions of Italy, whose players were the backbone of the Italy national team and died on 4 Ma
A formation of the Grande Torino, multiple champions of Italy
Ferruccio Novo
The union of Torino FIAT, reinforced by Silvio Piola and protagonist in the championship of the war in 1944.
The "Grande Torino" of 1945–46
Superga air disaster
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The Superga air disaster occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 airliner of Avio Linee Italiane, carrying the entire Torino football team, crashed into the retaining wall at the back of the Basilic
Grande Torino
…1940s, five-time champions of Italy, whose players were the backbone of the Italy national team and died on 4 May 1949, in the plane crash known as the Superga air disaster. With this name, although it is commonly used to identify the team that died in the disaster, it defines the entire sports cycle which lasted eight…
Wreckage of the Avio Linee Italiane Fiat G.212 after the crash
The back wall of the Basilica of Superga. Popular belief is that it was damaged by the plane; in reality, a project to expand the basilica was begun but never completed.
The memorial to the victims of the disaster at the Basilica of Superga