Referee Umberto Meazza bio

Meazza

Player and captain of Mediolanum and US Milanese, coach of the national team and first president of the referee committee. In those days team captains in Italy became automatically referees and Umberto Meazza officiated his first national match in 1899.

Meazzas
Umberto is not related to the famous player from the 1930s Guiseppe Meazza. Umberto Meazza died in 1926, only 44 years old.