He was president of the National Soccer League, with teams in Toronto, Hamilton, Kitchener, Ottawa, Sudbury, London, St. Catharines, Windsor and Montreal, from 1965 to 1977 a span of 12 years.
He was elected to city council in 1960 for a ward covering a working class area of west Toronto with a large Italian-Canadian population.
He played an instrumental role in the construction of Lamport Stadium, which served as a home venue for many National Soccer League teams.
[6] In the 1985 municipal election he was ousted in a surprise upset by 28-year-old school board trustee Betty Disero.
[7] After the defeat former mayor, and then cabinet minister, David Crombie had Piccininni appointed as a federal citizenship judge.