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Vittorio Pozzo
Vittorio Pozzo was an Italian football player, manager and journalist.
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culture · Italian football manager (1886–1968) · association football player · journalist · association football coach · also Vittorio Pozzo, Pozzo
Born 2 March 1886 · Died 21 December 1968 · Q318041
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2026· 4 entries
Yahoo! Sports: Vittorio Pozzo: Mastermind of Italy's World Cup Glory
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Anpal: Vittorio Pozzo e l’oro olimpico del 1936
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Yahoo! Sports: Vittorio Pozzo: The Architect of Italy's 1938 World Cup Win
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2024· 2 entries
Corriere della Sera: Vittorio Pozzo, c.t. e partigiano. Dalla Resistenza alle critiche dei tifosi-hater (e di capitan Mazzola)
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Corriere della Sera: Vittorio Pozzo, le foto del Cln, dei mondiali (e quelle con il Duce a palazzo Venezia)
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2022· 3 entries
Goal: 'Il padre del calcio italiano', il libro che racconta Vittorio Pozzo
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FIFA: Vittorio Pozzo, due volte re (34) | 100 grandi momenti della Coppa del Mondo
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TUTTOmercatoWEB: Vittorio Pozzo, 1934-1938: due Mondiali e le Olimpiadi. Storia azzurra
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2018· 1 entry
SBS: Vittorio Pozzo e le due coppe del mondo
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2016· 1 entry
A museum featuring his memorabilia in Ponderano was inaugurated in his honour
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2013· 1 entry
Won award: World Soccer Magazine 13th Greatest Manager of All Time (2013).
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2011· 2 entries
Won award: Italian Football Hall of Fame (2011).
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Awarded Italian Football Hall of Fame (2011).
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1986· 1 entry
The Stadio Communale di Torino was renamed after Pozzo in his honour; the stadium is now known as the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
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1968· 1 entry
Died 1968-12-21.
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1966· 1 entry
Awarded Saint-Vincent Award for Journalism (1966).
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1949· 1 entry
Was helping with the recognition of the torn bodies of the players of the Grande Torino team, his friends and pupils, who died on 4 May in the Superga air disaster from which he escaped himself for not being able to go w
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1938· 2 entries
Won: FIFA World Cup with Italy (1938).
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From a striker into an inside forward; indeed Pozzo's reign is linked closely to the success of his strikers
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1936· 1 entry
Won: Men's Olympic football Gold Medal with Italy (1936).
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1935· 3 entries
Won: Central European International Cup with Italy (1933–35).
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Scoring regularly for the national side and proving an effective partner for Meazza
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Under Pozzo, going into the 1936 Summer Olympics on the back of a run which had seen them lose only to Austria and England; they went on to win the gold medal in the tournament, defeating Austria 2–1 in extra time
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1934· 1 entry
Won: FIFA World Cup with Italy (1934).
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1930· 1 entry
Won: Central European International Cup with Italy (1927–30).
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1924· 1 entry
For the occasion of the 1924 Summer Olympics, Pozzo was again appointed sole head coach
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1921· 2 entries
As part of a "technical commission", a committee composed of federal managers, referees, players, former players, coaches and journalists
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Pozzo was commissioned by the Football Association to study a draft reform of the league to address the tensions between the bigger and the smaller teams, because it was thought that the number of participants in the cha
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1906· 1 entry
Played for Torino FC (1906–1911).
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1905· 1 entry
Played for Grasshopper Club Zürich (1905–1906).
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1886· 1 entry
Born 1886-03-02.
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