Leandro Arpinati

Leandro Arpinati (born with Civitella di Romagna the February 29th 1892, died with Argelato the April 22nd 1945) is a politician and one directs sporting Italy N.

Biography

Before the First World War, Leandro Arpinati is an anarchistic individualistic and as its compatriot Benito Mussolini of which it is at the beginning the friend, it collaborates in the socialist newspaper the class struggle ( the lotta beyond class ). he is an enthusiast interventionist as of August 1914. During its years, it is established with Bologna where it works as railwayman. With the beginning of the year 1920, it creates the second beams of combat in Bologna and in 1921, it becomes appointed and after the Marche on Rome, vice-secretary general of the Parti national fascist. In 1926, it becomes Podestà (mayor) of Bologna, charges that it leaves in 1929 for the post of under-secretary to the ministry for the interior]].

It occupies of many loads in the sporting sector: with horsemanship, between the years 1920 and 1930, he is president of the Italian national Olympic committee and of FIGC, he carries out important reforms of the championship of football and he obtains the organization of the Football world cup of 1934.

With the beginning of the year 1930, the relationship with the secretary of the PNF, Achilles Starace, is spoiled, this one shows it to have organized the attack against Mussolini the day of the inauguration of the stage of Bologna it (October 31st 1926), because the young plotter Anteo Zamboni, is the son of a friend of Arpinati. It is thus labelled like enemy of the mode and envoy in containment initially with Lipari of 1934 with 1937 then with Malacappa, near Bologna, under house arrest. He refuses the personal invitation of Mussolini of ahérer to the social republic. It is in Malacappa that he dies the April 22nd 1945, killed by a group of partisans antifascists the following day of the release of Bologna.

Anecdotes

At the time of the championship of football of 1926-27, the Torino gained the Italian championship but it appears that leading of Torino corrupted a player of the Juventus at the time of a decisive part of the last day. The cut was withdrawn in Torino and would have outward journey with the team second with the classification which was Bologna, Arpinati then president of the FIGC feared that is judged like favoritism and decided not to give of title at the time of this championship.

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