Giovanni Mauro

Giovanni Mauro (21 July 1888 Milan, Italy - 12 May 1958) was an Italian international football referee.[1] In 1935 Premio Giovanni Mauro was founded for the best referee of the season. Until today this price is rewarded each year.[2]

Career

He officiated 6 international friendly matches and was member of FIFA in 1920–1927. He also refereed two 1920 Olympic Games (1) and 1928 Olympic Games (1).[3]

In club football he officiated some UEFA competition matches such as Champions League (5), UEFA Cup (7) and Cup Winners Cup (11).[4] He refereed 195 Serie A matches in 1959–73. He also attributed 1971 Coppa Italia Final.

Personal life

Only 23 years old Giovanni already became chairman of the Lombardy region (FIGC)[5] and was worked for creating the structure of the Serie A and Serie B leagues. He was chairman of Italian Football Referees Association (AIA) in 1921.[6][7]

References and notes
  1. "Profile of referee". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  2. "Giovanni MAURO". magliarossonera.it. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  3. "List of match officiated by referee". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  4. "Officiated matches in club football". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  5. "Biografia MAURO Giovanni". www.figc.it. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  6. "ARBITRI: VITA, OPERE, SEGRETI E ANEDDOTI". storiedicalcio.altervista.org. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
  7. "MAURO, Giovanni". treccani.it. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
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