Ivan Guerci and Piero Allara, great captains of Milan, handed over the rossoblù jerseys to the new arrivals: Garavaglia has the 2 (which belonged to Mazzotti as coach), Andrea Pasotto the 20 (like Sheldon and Marzullo), the Venezuelan Cueto will play with the 23 of the great Manzini, but who used other foreign pitchers such as Novak and Lono (in the first season), Dall’Agnese will have Andrea Balzani’s 33
Today let’s play a bit with numbers. With the official delivery of the Milan shirts to the new arrivals, carried out by two rossoblù flags such as Ivan Guerci and Piero Allara, the two players who boast the highest number of appearances for Milan, we can tell a little about the history of these shirts.
Alessandro Garavagliason of art (but his father Roberto played with 16), chose the number 2 which in the history of Milan was above all the number of a great manager like Mauro Mazzotti, who wore it for 350 games after wearing number 1 as a player. On the pitch, however, the number 2 has not had much use: the player who wore it most times was, very recently, Giulio Negri, also an internal player like Garavaglia: 90 appearances with this number between 2017 and 22 Following Andrea Girasole in his first experience in Milan between 2007 and 2011 for 50 games. An important number 2 was Davide Bassi, from Parma, the best rossoblù hitter in 1986, who however only played in Milan in that season. Among the most famous to wear the 2 in Milan was Giancarlo Mangini.
Number 20 per Andrea Pasotto, a number that was rarely used in Milan’s golden years, both at the time of Europhon and Mediolanum. The greatest number of seasons with 20 belong to Luca Marzullo in the United period, while Marco Giulianelli wore it in the last years of his career, from 83 onwards. The last to wear it was Angelo Torrellas two years ago, then he moved to size 17. Before him Morillo wore it for three years. However, the most famous number 20 was Dave Sheldon in 1998.
The Cuban Randy Cueto he chose the number 23which in Milan belonged above all to the great Stefano Manzini (144 times from ’90 to ’92), but also to other pitchers such as Tom Novak (46 times in ’87) and Joel Lono in his first year in the rossoblù (39 games with the Bkv), before moving on to number 14. Number 23 also for Fabio Casiraghi in Ares Milano ’46, for Claudio Gaveni (also in the Bkv) and for two other Italian pitchers, Sandro Torchio and Stefano De Rossi.
For the other pitcher Garbriel Dall’Agnese il number 33 who in the history of Milan is linked above all to a great winger like Andrea Balzani, Italian champion with the Europhon in the sixties. Balzani dressed him from ’61 onwards for 165 games. Behind him Paolo Bodini, who used the 33 during the Ares Milano ’46 years, and Andrea Di Fonzo. But 33 was for many years above all Angelo Fontana’s number, first as a coach and then for 48 games as a manager. 33 also for Mario Mascitelli (in ’87) and in the season of his return to Milan (’95) for Lino Capuozzo. Another Italian who grew up in Venezuela (like Dall’Agnese) also wore 33 in his only season in Milan: Sandro Passarotto, Carlito’s brother.
18/04/2024
2024-04-19 02:43:03
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