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 runs	32
Runs batted in	305
Win–loss record	152–59
Earned run average	2.16
Saves	4
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 Fortituto Bologna he won three championships – in 1969, in 1972 and in 1974 – and a European Champion Clubs' Cup in 1973.[2]

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

In 1993 with Alfredo Meli 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.