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Giampiero Boniperti obituary
Outstanding Italian footballer who was a golden boy at Juventus in the 1950s before becoming the club’s president for two decades Giampiero Boniperti, who has died aged 92, was the leading man of Italian football in the 1950s. Blue-eyed with blond, curly hair, he was a precocious talent who was first capped for Italy at 19, appearing in the 1950 and 1954 World Cup campaigns and spending his whole playing career with Juventus of Turin, winning five league titles at the club. On retirement he became first a director of, and then, for two decades, the president of Juventus, a period during which still more honours were accumulated. Boniperti was born in Barengo, north-west Italy, to Agabio, the town’s mayor, and his wife, Camilla, a teacher. After schooling at the De Filippi college in Arona, he played for a local club, Momo, as a centre-forward, joining Juventus in the 1946-47 season. He made his first, dramatic impact on their fans on a rainy afternoon in the club’s old Stadio Comunal...
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