Ottorino Barassi (5 October 1898 – 24 November 1971[1]) was an Italian sports official.

The first action of his career was to help organise the 1934 FIFA World Cup, which was played in his native Italy.

He secretly took the trophy home from a bank in Rome, and kept it under his bed in a shoebox so that the Nazi troops in Italy would not find it.

[2] This was a task which he completed successfully; he ensured that the Estádio do Maracanã was ready in time for the tournament, and that the event ran smoothly.

[1] As a member of the executive committee, he helped found UEFA in the early 1950s.