Ottorino Barassi Biography

Historical biography and chronological timeline for Ottorino Barassi, based on 1 World History Database records associated with Italy.

1 records1938–19381 events0 places

Chronological biography

1938

Jules Rimet Trophy1938

Sport / Football

Ottorino Barassi, the Italian vice-president of FIFA and president of FIGC, secretly transported the trophy from a bank in Rome and hid it in a shoe-box under his bed to prevent the Nazis from taking it

Record provenance

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