Bruno Gerzeli
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Bruno Livio Gerzeli | ||
| Date of birth | October 3, 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Monfalcone, Italy | ||
| Date of death | November 8, 1982 (aged 57) | ||
| Place of death | Salt Lake City, Utah, United States | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1942–1943 | C.R.D.A Monfalcone | ||
| 1945–1946 | Monfalconese C.N.T. | ||
| 1946–1947 | Venezia | 1 | (0) |
| 1947–1948 | Marzotto Valdagno | ||
| 1948–1949 | Salernitana | 9 | (2) |
| 1949–1950 | Stabia | ||
| 1950–1951 | Biellese | 31 | (3) |
| 1951–1952 | Anconitana | 31 | (4) |
| 1952 | Deportivo Samarios | 20 | (5) |
| 1954–1955 | Aosta | 18 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Bruno Gerzeli (October 3, 1925 – November 8, 1982) was an Italian professional football player.
Career
Born in Monfalcone, Gerzeli, a winger, inside forward[1] and centre-forward,[2] started his career in the Serie C side C.R.D.A. Monfalcone, which was the team of his hometown Monfalcone. After World War II, Gerzeli played the 1945-46 Serie C season for Monfalconese (which was the new name of C.R.D.A. Monfalcone); he was then signed by Venezia, a team which was competing in the Serie A. Gerzeli only played one match during the 1946–47 Serie A season, on July 6, 1947 against Triestina. After this one-match experience, he left Venezia and moved to Marzotto Valdagno, coming back to Serie C. He played a Serie B championship in 1948-1949 with Salernitana. In 1952 he decided to leave Italy for Colombia, a nation in which professional football was well-paid because of the so-called El Dorado period. He played for Deportivo Samarios in Colombia along with two other Italian footballers, Corrado Contin and Alessandro Adam.[3] He collected 20 appearances with Samarios, scoring five goals (the first of which was scored against Atlético Nacional on June 1, 1952).[4]
Personal
After he retired from playing, Gerzeli emigrated to Canada in 1954.[5] He married and moved to the United States where he coached the Brigham Young University soccer program.[6]
Gerzeli died in Salt Lake City on November 8, 1982 due to hepatitis of the liver.[7]
References
- ^ Juventus-Biellese 4-0. Corriere dello Sport, August 28, 1950, p. 3.
- ^ Il 29 agosto a Biella riunione degli assi. Corriere dello Sport, August 3, 1950, p. 6.
- ^ Statistics at Golgolgol.net Archived June 18, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Nacional 2 - 2 Samarios" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
- ^ Allen Spraggett (December 2, 1967). "Bruno Gerzeli, the soccer star who joined the Mormons". Toronto Daily Star.
- ^ "History of the Church in Italy". David R. Crockett. 11 January 2013.
- ^ "Bruno Gerzeli: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record". Genealogybank.com. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
External links
- Profile at Enciclopediadelcalcio.it