Umberto Motto, a local boy from Turin and captain of Torino's youth team, had always dreamed of playing for his boyhood club. However, his dream turned into a nightmare on May 4, 1949, when almost the entire Torino first team perished in a plane crash on the Superga hill overlooking Turin.
The tragic event, caused by adverse weather conditions, claimed the lives of 31 people, including 18 players, coaches, journalists, and flight crew. This disaster devastated the city of Turin and wiped out one of the greatest teams in Italian football history, known as 'Grande Torino'.
