Football protagonists part 1 - Guido DEBERNARDI

Burial, Biography and Pictures

Location: primitive field, east area, area B, family tomb no. 70


Born in Turin on January 6, 1884. Died in Turin on February 2, 1963. Guido Debernardi starts football in Turin, where he plays for a decade at the turn of the First World War. At the beginning of the 1920s he moved on to play for Juventus, making his debut in a derby against his former teammates. With the Bianconeri he also holds the role of coach of the Juventus Erranti * team, from 1921 for a season, thus taking on a double role.
After leaving football he graduated in 1921 in civil engineering, and married Anna, with whom he has two children. He participated in the second war conflict as Major of the Sixth Genius Railway Regiment. He retired to private life, and passed away at the age of 79 in a Turin clinic.

* a sort of second team whose players are employed by the club in other roles, mostly in friendly matches, making the "Juventus brand" known even in the least developed football countries

(Texts and research by Giovanni Arbuffi)

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