Franco Ossola begann seine Karriere bei Varese und war später Teil jener erfolgreichen Turiner Mannschaft, die 1949 beim Flugzeugabsturz von Superga ums Leben kam. ###>It was renamed in September 1950 to "Stadio Franco Ossola", in honour of a player who had transferred from Varese to Torino Calcio and died in the in 1949 Superga air disaster.