Joe Bacuzzi

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Joe Bacuzzi
Personal information
Full name Giuseppe Luigi David Bacuzzi
Date of birth (1916-09-25)25 September 1916
Place of birth Clerkenwell, London, England
Date of death 1 February 1995(1995-02-01) (aged 78)
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
Tufnell Park
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1935–1956 Fulham 283 (2)
1940–1941 → Reading (guest)
1941–1942 → Manchester City (guest)
1941–1942 → Bury (guest)
1942–1943 → Derby County guest
1942–1945 → Notts County (guest)
1945 → Chelsea (guest)
1945 → Arsenal (guest)
International career
1939–1946 England (wartime) 13 (0)
Managerial career
1956–1965 Fulham Reserves (coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Giuseppe Luigi David "Joe" Bacuzzi (25 September 1916 – 1 February 1995[

Second World War
.

Personal life

Bacuzzi was born in

Anglo-Italian family that had settled in London. His father, Camillo, came from Sorisole (Bergamo), and his mother, Natalina Clerici, from Precotto, a neighbourhood of Milan. His son, Dave Bacuzzi, was also a notable footballer, playing as a defender for both Arsenal and Manchester City.[1] Bacuzzi Sr. lived in the Clerkenwell area until he died, aged 78 in 1995.[citation needed
]

Playing career

Club career

Bacuzzi began his career with

Second World War
.

During the war Bacuzzi made 104 appearances for Fulham in regional leagues. He was also an active guest player and made a further 14 league appearances for several other clubs, most notably Bury and Notts County. Between 1943 and 1944 he also served with the military in North Africa and Italy. His most notable guest appearances came in November 1945 when Bacuzzi played for both Chelsea and Arsenal in their prestige friendlies against a touring FC Dynamo Moscow. On 13 November at Stamford Bridge he helped Chelsea hold Dynamo to a 3–3 draw. Then on 21 November at White Hart Lane, together with Stanley Matthews and Stan Mortensen, he was a member of an Arsenal XI that lost 4–3 to Dynamo.

After the war Bacuzzi remained Fulham's first choice right-back and he continued playing until he was almost 40, taking his total of league and cup appearances for the club to 299. He only retired when a terrible knee injury ended his playing career at the end of the 1955–56 season. In August 1949 he scored his second goal for the club with a fortunate shot against Wolves. It was also the club's first ever goal in the First Division. While still playing, Bacuzzi also seems to have acted as an impromptu scout for the club and was responsible for discovering Bedford Jezzard.[2]

England international

Between 1939 and 1946 Bacuzzi played 13 times for

Stade Olympique. Bacuzzi's teammates during his international career included, among others, Stanley Matthews, Joe Mercer and Tommy Lawton.[3]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player in 1956, he was appointed reserve team trainer at Fulham and stayed in that post until 1965 when he was sacked by Vic Buckingham.

Honours

Fulham

External links

Sources

  • Soccer at War – 1939 – 45 (2005): Jack Rollin [1]
  • Maine Road Favourites – Where Are They Now ? (2006): Ian Penney with Fred Eyre [2]

References

  1. ^ www.arsenal.com Archived 22 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ www.independent.co.uk
  3. ^ rsssf.org
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