Roberto Pennino

Gebundenes Buch

Immortal Torino

How the Superga Air Crash Robbed Italian Football of its Champions

Beschreibung

On 4 May 1949, 18 players of Grande Torino â one of Italian footballâ s greatest-ever teams â and 13 other passengers lost their lives in a plane crash as they returned from a friendly against Benfica. Immortal Torino tells the tale of the crash and its aftermath and draws on the testimonies of colleagues and families.

Autor

Roberto Pennino is a Dutch lawyer and writer with Italian roots. Immortal Torino was first published in Dutch in 2018 before being translated into Italian in 2019. In 2019 he published Forza Olandesi, a history of Dutch players in the Italian Serie A. He has also written the biography of Dutch striker Pierre Vermeulen and Italië 1982, an in-depth, behind-the-scenes account about Italy's World Cup title in Spain.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 217mm x 143mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 382g
• ISBN-13: 9781801507707
• ISBN-10: 1801507708
• Artikelnr.: 70370410