Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium

Coordinates: 44°48′34″N 10°19′19″E / 44.80944°N 10.32194°E Sergio Lanfranchi Stadium was a sports stadium in Parma, Italy. The Parma Rugby team played games at the stadium. The American football team Parma Panthers played their games here as well. The stadium is described and referenced in the book by John Grisham called Playing for Pizza numerous times as the home and practice field for the Parma Panthers. The stadium was demolished in July 2008 because the area was chosen for the building of the European Food Safety Authority. Since then, both cited teams play their home games at the Stadio XXV Aprile.

The stadium was named after Sergio Lanfranchi (1925-2001), an international rugby union prop from Parma who played for Italy from 1949 to 1961 and spent most part of his club career in France.[1]

In January 2015, the Stadio XXV Aprile in Parma was renamed to the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi. [2]


References

  1. ↑ Calandri, Massimo (22 November 2012). "Brutti, sporchi, cattivi e… amati da tutti. Da Fattori a Castrogiovanni, storie di piloni" [Ugly, Dirty, Bad but… Loved by Everyone : Stories of Props from Fattori to Castrogiovanni]. la Repubblica (in Italian) (Rome). Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "LO STADIO DI PARMA INTITOLATO A SERGIO LANFRANCHI, LEGGENDA DEL RUGBY ITALIANO". Zebre Rugby. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

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