Umberto Calzolari

Umberto Calzolari (4 June 1938 – 29 July 2018) was an Italian baseball player.

Umberto Calzolari
Born: 4 June 1938
Bologna, Italy
Died: 29 July 2018(2018-07-29) (aged 80)
Bologna, Italy
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Serie A1 debut
1958, for the ACLI Bologna
Last appearance
1976, for the Fortitudo Bologna
Serie A statistics
(through 1976)
Batting average.292
Home runs32
Runs batted in305
Win–loss record152–59
Earned run average2.16
Saves4
Teams
  • ACLI Bologna (1958–1963)
  • Fortitudo Bologna (1963–1978)[1]
Career highlights and awards
  • 3× Italian Baseball Champion (1969, 1972, 1974)
  • 1× Cup of Champions Winner (1973)
  • No. 8 Retired by Fortitudo Bologna
  • Italian Baseball Hall of Fame (2014)
  • Golden Diamond Award (1982)

Biography

Nicknamed "Professor", Calzolari played in ACLI Bologna from 1958 to 1963, when the team merged into Fortitudo Bologna. With Fortitudo Bologna he won three championships – in 1969, in 1972 and in 1974 – and a European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1973.[2]

Fortitudo Bologna retired his number (8), and, in 1982, La Fibs awarded him the Golden Diamond for his career.[3]

In 1993 with Alfredo Meli he founded the AIBxC (Italian Baseball Association for the Blind).

In 2014 he was included in the Italian Hall of Fame of baseball and softball as a coach.[4]

He died in 2018 at the age of 80.[5]

References
  1. "Umberto Calzolari". Baseball Reference.
  2. "Morto Calzolari, gloria baseball azzurro". EuroNews. July 29, 2018.
  3. "Baseball: morto Calzolari, Professore della Fortitudo nella Hall of Fame". La Gazzetta dello Sport. July 29, 2018.
  4. "UMBERTO CALZOLARI". Federazione Italiana Baseball Softball.
  5. "Baseball: morto Calzolari, era nella hall of fame". Repubblica.it. July 29, 2018.
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