Annibale Frossi

Annibale Frossi

Personal information
Date of birth	(1911-07-06)6 July 1911[1]
Place of birth	Muzzana del Turgnano, Italy
Date of death	26 February 1999(1999-02-26) (aged 87)
Place of death	Milan, Italy
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1929–1931	Udinese	32	(0)
1931–1933	Padova	47	(10)
1933–1934	Bari	30	(12)
1934–1935	Padova	26	(14)
1935–1936	L'Aquila	34	(9)
1936–1942	Internazionale	125	(40)
1942–1943	Pro Patria	24	(3)
1945	Como	5	(2)
Total		323	(90)
International career
1937	Italy B	1	(0)
1936–1937	Italy	5	(8)
Managerial career
1946–1948	Luino
1948–1949	Mortara
1949–1953	Monza
1954–1956	Torino
1956–1957	Internazionale
1958–1959	Genoa
1959	Napoli
1960–1961	Genoa
1962–1964	Modena
1964–1965	Triestina
Medal record Representing  Italy Summer Olympics Summer Olympics 1936 Berlin
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Annibale Frossi (Italian pronunciation: [anˈniːbale ˈfrɔssi]; 6 July 1911 – 26 February 1999) was an Italian football manager and player, who played as a forward.^[2]

Frossi is perhaps best known for wearing correctional glasses during his playing years after suffering from myopia from when he was a child.^[3] As a footballer, he was a member of the Italy national team, which won the gold medal in the football tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics, finishing the tournament as top-scorer. As a manager, he is also known for his developments of the theory of catenaccio, which emphasises a defensive style of football.^[3]