Artemio Franchi

Artemio Franchi was an Italian football administrator.

Biography

He served as President of the Italian Football Federation, president of the UEFA, and member of the FIFA Executive Committee.
Franchi's name appeared on the Propaganda Due's list of members, but he denied being a part of the organization. He died in a road accident near Siena on 12 August 1983.
The home stadium of ACF Fiorentina and that of A.C. Siena are both named in his honour, as well as the Artemio Franchi Trophy. In 2011, he was posthumously inducted into the Italian Football Hall of Fame.