Italian footballer

Dino Zoff

Dino Zoff is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he is the oldest ever winner of the World Cup, which he lifted as captain of the Italy national team in the 1982 tournament, at the age of 40 years, 4 months and 13 days. He also won the award for best goalkeeper of the tournament and was elected to the team of the tournament for his performances, keeping two clean-sheets, an honour he also received after winning the 1968 European Championship on home soil. Zoff is the only Italian player to have won both the World Cup and the European Championship.

Born

1942

February 28

Died

Living

Era

1940s

Country

—

About

Dino, in brief

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Life timeline

Key dates

1942 Born

Also on February 28

What else happened on this day, through history

-202 Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
870 The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
1525 Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1638 The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.

See all of February 28 →

The world in 1942

When Dino arrived

april 15 World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
april 17 World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
april 18 World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
april 18 Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.

Read the year 1942 →

Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 28

Aroldis Chapman 1988– Cuban baseball player Francis Hughes 1956–1981 Irish Republican, hunger striker (died 1981) Frank Gehry 1929–2025 Canadian-American architect and designer (b. 1929) Gilbert Gottfried 1955–2022 American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1955) Masato Tanaka 1973– Japanese wrestler Paul Krugman 1953– American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Peter Medawar 1915–1987 Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)

See everything on February 28 →

Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1942

Alvin Stardust 1942–2014 English singer and actor (born 1942) Andraé Crouch 1942–2015 American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942) Andrew Robinson 1942– American actor and director Bill Conti 1942– American composer and conductor Bob Hoskins 1942–2014 English actor (born 1942) Connie Hawkins 1942– American basketball player (died 2017) Danny Schechter 1942–2015 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015) David Stern 1942–2020 American lawyer and businessman (born 1942) Frankie Lymon 1942–1968 American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

Read about the year 1942 →

Keep going

More to explore

Dino's birthday February 28 Dino's zodiac Pisces When Dino arrived 1942