{{short description|Italian basketball player (born 1938)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Franco Bertini | image = Franco Bertini 1969.jpg | image_size = | caption = Bertini, in 1969. | nationality = Italian | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|28 August 1938}} | birth_place = Pesaro, Italy | death_date = | death_place = | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0.5 | weight_lb = 165 | career_number = | career_position = Point guard | career_start = 1956 | career_end = 1974 | years1 = 1956–1958 | team1 = Victoria Pesaro | years2 = 1958–1959 | team2 = Olimpia Milano | years3 = 1959–1961 | team3 = Victoria Pesaro | years4 = 1961–1963 | team4 = Pallacanestro Varese | years5 = 1963–1965 | team5 = S.C. Gira | years6 = 1965–1974 | team6 = Victoria Libertas Pesaro | highlights = *Italian League champion (1959) *Italian Basketball Hall of Fame (2012) | medal_templates = {{MedalCountry|{{bk|ITA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}} {{MedalGold|1963 Naples|}} {{MedalSilver|1967 Tunis|}} }}
'''Gianfranco "Franco" Bertini''' (born 28 August 1938) is a retired Italian professional basketball player. In 2012, he was inducted into the Italian Basketball Hall of Fame.
==Club career== During his pro club career, Bertini won the Italian League championship with Olimpia Milano, in 1959.
==National team career== Bertini competed with the senior Italian national basketball team at the 1964 Summer Olympic Games, where Italy finished in fifth place.<ref name=r1/> He also played at the 1963 FIBA World Championship, and at the 1965 EuroBasket.
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/franco-bertini-1.html Franco Bertini] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213155/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/franco-bertini-1.html |date=13 July 2015 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> }}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180617092924/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/p/rpp//q/franco%20bertini/pid//_//players.html FIBA Profile]
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