Bruno Neri

Bruno Neri

Personal information
Date of birth	(1910-10-12)12 October 1910
Date of death	10 July 1944(1944-07-10) (aged 33)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1929	Faenza
1929–1936	Fiorentina	187	(1)
1936–1937	Lucchese	25	(0)
1937–1940	Torino	65	(1)
1940–1944	Faenza
Total		277	(2)
International career
1936–1937	Italy	3	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bruno Neri (Italian pronunciation: [ˈbruːno ˈneːri]; 12 October 1910 – 10 July 1944) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder, and was a World War II partisan.

Football career

Neri played club football for Faenza, Fiorentina, Lucchese and Torino; he also earned three caps for the Italy national team.

Antifascist and partisan

Neri was an anti-fascist, and in 1931, at the inaugural match at a new stadium named in honour of Italian fascist Giovanni Berta, Neri was the sole player to refuse to give a fascist salute before the game, instead keeping both arms straight down by his sides.

In 1940, Neri began combining his playing career with anti-fascist activities; he was killed in an ambush by German troops at Marradi on 10 July 1944.