Luigi Bossi
Italy
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Full name Luigi Bossi
Born September 20, 1918, Lonate Pozzolo, VA
Current age 105 years 220 days
Major teams Italy
Position Fullback

Test career
Span Mat Start Sub Pts Tries Conv Pens Drop GfM Won Lost Draw %
All Tests 1940-1940 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 50

Career statistics
Test debut Romania v Italy at Bucharest, Apr 14, 1940 match details
Last Test Germany v Italy at Stuttgart, May 5, 1940 match details
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Unfortunate to have his playing days coincide with the Second World War, Luigi Bossi played as fullback in two tests for Italy before being called for active duty.

As a university student, he was assigned as captain of 300 men in Sicily as Allied troops arrived, filming the landing on one of the first "portable" film cameras before it was sadly requisitioned.

Following capture by Australian troops and a brief stint in Africa where he contracted malaria, Luigi Bossi spent the final two years of the war in a prisoner of war camp in Cambridge, England - his time there eased after he was recognised as an international rugby player.


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Sep 9, 1938
Luigi Bossi, Milan 1938
Luigi Bossi, Milan 1938
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