# Franco Bertini

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{{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](/source/Pesaro), Italy 
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 0.5
| weight_lb = 165
| career_number =
| career_position = [Point guard](/source/Point_guard)
| career_start = 1956
| career_end = 1974
| years1 = 1956–1958
| team1 = [Victoria Pesaro](/source/Victoria_Libertas_Pesaro)
| years2 = 1958–1959
| team2 = [Olimpia Milano](/source/Olimpia_Milano)
| years3 = 1959–1961
| team3 = [Victoria Pesaro](/source/Victoria_Libertas_Pesaro)
| years4 = 1961–1963	
| team4 = [Pallacanestro Varese](/source/Pallacanestro_Varese)
| years5 = 1963–1965
| team5 = [S.C. Gira](/source/Sporting_Club_Gira)
| years6 = 1965–1974
| team6 = [Victoria Libertas Pesaro](/source/Victoria_Libertas_Pesaro)
| highlights =
*[Italian League](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A) champion (1959)
*[Italian Basketball Hall of Fame](/source/Italian_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame) (2012)
| medal_templates =
{{MedalCountry|{{bk|ITA}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Mediterranean Games](/source/Basketball_at_the_Mediterranean_Games)}}
{{MedalGold|[1963 Naples](/source/Basketball_at_the_1963_Mediterranean_Games)|}}
{{MedalSilver|[1967 Tunis](/source/Basketball_at_the_1967_Mediterranean_Games)|}}
}}

'''Gianfranco "Franco" Bertini''' (born 28 August 1938) is a retired Italian professional [basketball](/source/basketball) player. In 2012, he was inducted into the [Italian Basketball Hall of Fame](/source/Italian_Basketball_Hall_of_Fame).

==Club career==
During his pro [club](/source/sports_club) career, Bertini won the [Italian League](/source/Lega_Basket_Serie_A) championship with [Olimpia Milano](/source/Olimpia_Milano), in 1959.

==National team career==
Bertini competed with the senior [Italian national basketball team](/source/Italian_national_basketball_team) at the [1964 Summer Olympic Games](/source/Basketball_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics), where Italy finished in fifth place.<ref name=r1/> He also played at the [1963 FIBA World Championship](/source/1963_FIBA_World_Championship), and at the [1965 EuroBasket](/source/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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Category:1938 births
Category:Living people
Category:Basketball players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
Category:Competitors at the 1967 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy
Category:Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Italy
Category:Olimpia Milano players
Category:Olympic basketball players for Italy
Category:Pallacanestro Varese players
Category:Point guards
Category:Victoria Libertas Pallacanestro players
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball
Category:Italian men's basketball players
Category:1963 FIBA World Championship players
Category:Sportspeople from Pesaro
Category:Competitors at the 1959 Summer Universiade
Category:FISU World University Games silver medalists for Italy
Category:Summer World University Games medalists in basketball
Category:20th-century Italian sportsmen

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