Sergio Lanfranchi

Sergio Lanfranchi
Sergio Lanfranchi at Rugby Parma clubhouse in 1968.
Birth nameSergio Savaro Giovanni Lanfranchi
Date of birth(1925-10-27)27 October 1925
Place of birthParma, Italy
Date of death22 January 2000(2000-01-22) (aged 74)
Place of deathBarjols, France
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14 st 7 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1946-50
1950-1965
1965-1971
Parma
FC Grenoble
Montceau
101 (105)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1949-1964 Italy 21 (36)

Sergio Savaro Giovanni Lanfranchi (Parma, 27 September 1925 – Barjols, 22 January 2000) was an Italian rugby union player and coach, active in France for most of his career as flanker, number 8 and lock. He won two national championship titles, one in Italy for Parma and one in France for FC Grenoble and, in 2016=9, the third longest international career for Italy (between 1949 and 1964), after Mauro Bergamasco and Sergio Parisse.

Two sports facilities in his hometown, Parma are named after him.