Giuseppe Brumatti

Giuseppe “Pino” Brumatti was an Italian basketball player and sports manager. In the 1970s he was one of the top players for Olimpia Milano, a team wearing the Simmenthal brand and coached by Cesare Rubini, and which won the Italian title in the 1971-72 season, interrupting the supremacy of Ignis Varese.

Known for his offensive prowess, Brumatti played with Olimpia Milano for 11 years. He then moved to Auxilium Torino and Reggiana Basketball where he joined with another top player of the 1970s, American Bob Morse. Brumatti ended his career with Mens Sana Basket Siena and retired from professional basketball in 1990. From 1992 to 1994 he was sporting director of the Polisportiva Libertas Livorno. After 2007 he was sporting director of Nuova Pallacanestro Gorizia.

With the national team Brumatti won a total of 102 caps, scoring 570 points. He took part in two Olympics and the 1973 European Championships, in which Italy finished fifth. Brumatti passed away at only 62 due to a heart attack.