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May 4, 2024 · On May 4, 1949 almost the entire Torino football team was killed in a plane crash. ullstein bild/Getty Images. Umberto Motto had always dreamed of playing for Torino FC. He had dreamed of...
Dec 31, 2020 · The golden age of Torino soccer club was brought to an end in 1949 following a tragedic air crash that killed 22 members of the team and closed the curtain on a remarkable generation of players.
May 4, 2024 · Discover the enduring impact of the Torino FC disaster 75 years later and how it shaped Italian football. Seventy-five years ago, a tragic plane crash claimed the lives of the Torino FC team, changing Italian football forever.
May 13, 2024 · This is the story of the tragedy of Superga, an air disaster that killed 31 people, including members of Torino's best-ever side.
Among the dead were 18 of Torino’s first-team players, its coaches, Italian sports journalists, and flight crew.
May 1, 2009 · At 5:05 pm on May 4, 1949, the aircraft carrying the Torino team back home from a friendly in Lisbon crashed in foggy conditions into Superga Basilica on a hill overlooking Turin.
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May 1, 2009 · Soccer club Torino haunted by 1949 plane crash. TURIN, Italy — Torino’s struggles at the bottom of Serie A have hardly been a surprise for the club’s long-suffering supporters, but relegation would be especially painful this year.
