Umberto Trabattoni, was a pivotal president for the Rossoneri as he was able to turn the tide on their scudetto dry spell with the Serie A league title in 1951, after forty-four long years of waiting. His presidency brought names such as Gunnar Nordahl, a player that one would think would be solely sufficient for Milan’s offense, but he was not alone of course. Nordahl “Il Pompierone” would never hold back, and scored with with an impressive consistency for Milan, with 26 goals the year after they won the championship, and 23 goals in the 1952/53 season.
However, Trabattoni’s era was not exactly flawless, when it came to coaches. Mario Sperone was asked to take the place of the Hungarian Czeizler as coach, but he was retained for just one year, resulting in third place for Milan in the rankings. During the 1953/54 season, Trabattoni decided to rely on another coach, and first to carry the name Arrigo (this was before Sacchi’s time). Interestingly Arrigo Morselli had prior experience as a former player of Milan at the beginning of the 1940’s that lasted only 8 games. Then came his replacement Bela Guttmann, the last Hungarian coach in AC Milan history. Once again the Rossoneri did not go beyond third place that time. Trabattoni was not happy and unsurprisingly resigned. Along with his resignation came the eventual departure of players such as Gren “Il Professore,” who left his teammates to play for Firenze, Burini who left for Lazio, and Annovazzi went to Atalanta.
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