The Superga air disaster (Italian: Tragedia di Superga, "Tragedy of Superga") occurred on 4 May 1949, when a Fiat G.212 of Avio Linee Italiane (Italian...
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House of Savoy; for the Superga Rack Railway that connects it to the Turin suburb of Sassi; and for the Superga air disaster of 1949, in which the entire...
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The Basilica of Superga (Italian: Basilica di Superga) is a hilltop Catholic basilica in Superga, in the vicinity of Turin, Italy. The church was built...
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Grande Torino (section The Superga air disaster)
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...
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defender of the Grande Torino, born in Brescia, who died in the Superga air disaster in May 1949. Stadio Rigamonti in 2015 "Regolamento d'uso Stadio Mario...
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Danilo Martelli, a Mantuan footballer from the 1940s, who died in the Superga air disaster of 1949. It is currently used mostly for football matches and, on...
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sides of the period, until the entire team was killed in the 1949 Superga air disaster. They have also won the Coppa Italia five times, the last of which...
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footballer Valentino Mazzola, player of the Grande Torino who died in the Superga air disaster. Sandro Mazzola's younger brother, Ferruccio Mazzola, was also a...
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1948–49 AC Torino season (section Superga air disaster)
Associazione Calcio Torino competed in Serie A. The season is remembered by Superga air disaster , on 4 May ending the Grande Torino era. After clinching 4 consecutive...
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to the Heysel tragedy and Superga air disaster. The name of the exhibition was "Settanta angeli in un unico cielo – Superga e Heysel tragedie sorelle"...
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Torino ("The Great Torino"), a team which found a dramatic end in the Superga air disaster in 1949. The 1950s saw the gradual emergence of Milan, with the help...
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Torino in 1947, where he won two Serie A titles. He escaped the Superga air disaster in 1949 due to an injured meniscus, which forced him to retire at...
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Ezio Loik (category Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster)
level, Loik represented the Italy national team. He died in the 1949 Superga air disaster, along with the entire Grande Torino team. Loik was born in Fiume...
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Valentino Mazzola (category Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster)
best players in Europe in his role. He died at the age of 30 in the Superga air disaster. He was born in Cassano d'Adda, Ricetto, a neighbourhood of abandoned...
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the 1940s. In 1949, in the Superga air disaster, a plane carrying almost the whole team crashed into the Basilica of Superga in the Turin hills. Torino...
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Stadium of Madrid. One month before 18 of Torino players had died at Superga air disaster. Barcelona would be the first champion of the tournament after beating...
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Menti making his professional debut. After his death during the 1949 Superga air disaster, the stadium in Vicenza would be named in his honor. At the beginning...
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Italian from Varese and player for Torino F.C. who died in 1949 in the Superga air disaster. The cycling track was used for the UCI Track Cycling World Championships...
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who was a member of the Grande Torino squad that perished in the Superga air disaster of 1949. It was replaced by the nearby Stadio Nereo Rocco in 1992...
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keeping the clean sheet in a derby won against Boca Juniors. After the Superga air disaster, in May 1949, a friendly match between River Plate and Grande Torino...
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weakened severely as most of its starting line-up perished in the Superga air disaster one year before the start of the tournament. The Italians were eventually...
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Nereid, a moon of Neptune, is discovered by Gerard Kuiper. May 4 – Superga air disaster: A Fiat G.212 airliner of Avio Linee Italiane, carrying the entire...
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(named after the Torino player, Mario Rigamonti, who died in the Superga air disaster). Over the years, the stadium has undergone several refurbishments...
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Ossola (1921–1949), a member of the Torino F.C. squad who died in the Superga air disaster; Stadio Franco Ossola, the stadium of A.S. Varese 1910, is named...
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turned out to be the last one played by the Grande Torino due to the Superga air disaster the following day. The most prestigious international game ever staged...
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published on 30 July 1945. Renato Casalbore (who later died in the 1949 Superga air disaster alongside the Il Grande Torino football squad) founded the newspaper...
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plane of the team crashing against the Basilica di Superga during the return journey(Superga air disaster). Salvatore Falzone (15 March 2007). "Nicolò Carosio...
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Czechoslovakia) did not enter. Title-holder Italy did take part, despite the Superga air disaster of 1949 in which the entire Grande Torino team (many of whom were...
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Franco Ossola (category Footballers killed in the Superga air disaster)
Superga air disaster when the Fiat G.212 which carried the celebrated Grande Torino team crashed into the retaining wall of the Basilica di Superga....
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level: with it, Torino won the 1975–76 Serie A, its first after the Superga air disaster; Juventus performed some of its finest football ever, setting the...
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