Ferruccio Novo

Ferruccio Novo

Personal information
Date of birth	22 March 1897
Place of birth	Turin, Italy
Date of death	8 April 1974 (aged 77)
Place of death	Italy
Playing position	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Torino
Teams managed
1939–1953	Torino (President)
1949–1950	Italy
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Ferruccio Novo (born 22 March 1897 in Turin – dead 8 April 1974 in Laigueglia) was an Italian association football player and coach and sports manageran who became president of Calcio Torino.

He was a player of Torino F.C., and became club president in 1939. Moreover, as the Technical Commission Chairman of the Italy national football team, he led them to the 1950 FIFA World Cup. In 2014 he was inducted posthumously into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.^[1]

References

1. "Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo" [Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo] (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 27 October 2015.