Jose Nasazzi - An Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games gold winner's medal
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Jose Nasazzi - An Amsterdam 1928 Olympic Games gold winner's medal awarded to the Uruguayan footballing legend Jose Nasazzi, the silver-gilt medal designed by Prof. Giuseppe Cassioli that proved to be the enduring design, the obverse featuring Victory seated above a stadium, the reverse inscribed with a winner being carried by jubilant athletes and inscribed IXe OLYMPIADE AMSTERDAM 1928, 55mm.
The above medal was awarded to Jose Nasazzi. In the 1928 Olympic gold medal match played on 10th June 1928 at The Olympic Stadium, Uruguay and Argentina drew the match 1-1 and in the gold medal replay match played on 13th June at The Olympic Stadium Uruguay defeated Argentina 2-1
Provenance: By family descent to present owner
Jose Nasazzi was born in Bella Vista, Montevideo. Nasazzi the future Uruguayan captain is regarded by many as Uruguay's greatest ever football player, known as El Gran Mariscal - The Great Marshall and had already won the gold medal at the 1924 Olympic Games as well as the South American Championship in 1923, 1924 and 1926, by the time of the first World Cup. On individual level, he was selected as best player at FIFA World Cup 1930 and twice (1923 and 1935) at South American Championship (the predecessor of Copa America).
In the inaugural 1930 FIFA World Cup tournament, Nasazzi's Uruguay would contest the final with South American rivals Argentina and although his team were 2–1 behind at half-time, Nasazzi rallied his teammates in the second half, leading them to a 4–2 victory and giving him the historical honour of becoming the first international team captain to lift the Jules Rimet Trophy.