 Franco Ossola (right) with Cesare Gallea (left) and Antonio Janni (center) | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Franco Ossola | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Varese, Italy | ||
| Date of death | 4 May 1949 (aged 27) | ||
| Place of death | Superga, Italy | ||
| Position(s) | Wing Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Varese | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1938–1939 | Varese | 9 | (3) |
| 1939–1949 | Torino | 176 | (86) |
| Total | 184 | (89) | |
| International career | |||
| 1943 | Italy U21 | 1 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Franco Ossola (23 August 1921 – 4 May 1949) was an Italian footballer who played as a forward.
With 85 goals, Ossola is the ninth-highest scorer in the history of Torino behind Adolfo Baloncieri (100). He died on 4 May 1949 in the Superga air disaster when the Fiat G.212 which carried the celebrated Grande Torino team crashed into the retaining wall of the Basilica di Superga. The Stadio Franco Ossola in Varese is named after him.
His half-brother was Aldo Ossola, a basketball player of the Ignis Varese in the 1970s.