At the request of rival teams, Torino were proclaimed winners of the 1948–49 Serie A season on 6 May 1949, and the opponents, as well as Torino, fielded their youth teams in the four remaining games. On the day of the funeral, half a million people took to the streets of Turin to give a final farewell to the players. The following season, the other top Italian teams were asked to donate a player to Torino. The shock of the crash was such that the following year, the Italy national team travelled to the 1950 FIFA World Cup in Brazil by ship. The crash is commemorated annually. Remains of the aircraft, including a propeller, a tire, scattered pieces of the fuselage, and the personal bags of Mazzola, Maroso, and Erbstein, are preserved in a museum in Grugliasco near Turin. The Museo del Grande Torino e della Leggenda Granata, located in the prestigious Villa Claretta Assandri of Grugliasco, was opened on 4 May 2008, the anniversary of the tragedy. Eight of the 18 players (as well as two coaches and the journalist Renato Casalbore) are buried at the Cimitero Monumentale of Turin. Before the disaster, the "Grande Torino" had won six scudettos and two Coppa Italia. That meant Torino was one of the great teams in Italy, alongside his derby rival Juventus, the Genoa C.F.C. and the Bologna F.C. 1909, and above Inter Milan and AC Milan. After the tragedy, Torino only managed to win only a Serie A title more in 1975-76 along with 3 Coppa Italia and, as of 2023, regarding the list of honors, it's far away from the established three great teams in Italy: Juventus (36 scudettos and 14 Coppa Italia); Inter Milán (19 scudettos and 8 Coppa Italia) and AC Milan (19 scudettos and 5 Coppa Italia) See also List of accidents involving sports teams Bibliography Roberto Thoeni, L'ultimo urlo per il grande Torino, Abaco Editori Dino Buzzati, in La nera di Dino Buzzati, Oscar Mondadori Vincenzo Baggioli (a cura), Il Torino. Oltre la vita!, Milano, I.P.L. References External links Memorial museum page (in Italian) Aviation accidents and incidents in 1949 1949 in Italy Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather Alitalia accidents and incidents Aviation accidents and incidents in Italy Aviation accidents and incidents involving controlled flight into terrain Aviation accidents and incidents involving professional sports teams Torino F.C. Sport in Turin 1940s in Turin