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Walter Petron

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Walter Petron
Personal information
Date of birth (1918-08-25)25 August 1918
Place of birth Padua, Italy
Date of death 21 March 1945(1945-03-21) (aged 26)
Place of death Padua, Italy
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1942 Torino 107 (26)
1942–1943 Venezia 26 (4)
Total 133 (30)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Petron (25 August 1918 – 21 March 1945) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a forward in Serie A for Torino and Venezia.

Petron was killed in a bombing raid during the Second World War.[1] A stadium in his hometown of Padua was named after him.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Stadio Petron, dov'è nato il mito del Calcio Padova". Il Mattino di Padova (in Italian). 18 March 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ Gazetto dello Sport. 24 February 1949, p. 2