Journalist and writer, he made the history of sports journalism and he is responsible for the introduction of several neologisms still used today in football language. He was the director of the Gazzetta dello sport (1949-54), and he collaborated with the daily newspaper Il Giorno (1956-67) and La Repubblica (1982). A fine novelist , we remember Il corpo della ragassa (1969), La pacciada (in collaboration with L. Veronelli, 1973), Storia critica del calcio italiano (1975), L’ Arcimatto(1977) and Il principe della zolla (1994).