Romeo Menti

Romeo Menti.

Romeo Menti (September 5, 1919 - May 4, 1949) was an Italian football player.

Born in Vicenza, Menti debuted for his hometown's Serie C club in 1935, in the same stadium that was to be dedicated to him a few years later.

His older brothers Mario Menti and Umberto Menti and nephew Luigi Menti (son of Mario) all played football professionally, with Umberto playing for Juventus F.C., S.S.C. Napoli and A.C. Milan. To distinguish them, Mario was known as Menti I, Umberto as Menti II, Romeo as Menti III, and Luigi as Menti IV. In some sources, Mario was ignored and Umberto and Romeo were listed as Menti I and Menti II respectively.

In 1938 he was sold to Fiorentina, where he played for three seasons before moving to Torino FC. His abilities became evident also with national team, for which he received 5 caps with 7 goals.

Menti played for the then almost unbeatable Torino FC (dubbed Grande Torino, "Great Torino") until his death, with the exception of the 1945-46 season, when he played again for Fiorentina. Menti died in 1949 with almost his entire team in the Superga air disaster, after scoring the last goal of "Grande Torino" in Lisboa.

Superga air disaster

4 May 1949

Torino F.C. players and staff	Agnisetta Bacigalupo A. Ballarin D. Ballarin Bongiorni Castigliano Civalleri Corina Erbstein Fadini Gabetto Grava Grezar Lievesley Loik Maroso Martelli Mazzola Menti Operto Ossola Rigamonti Schubert

Others	Biancardi Bonaiuti Casalbore Cavallero D'Inca Meroni Pangrazi Tosatti

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