Renato Gandolfi (17 November 1927 – 30 April 2011) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
[1] He entered the Torino youth team in 1940,[2] then was loaned to Carrarese for two seasons, in Serie C. Back in Turin, he was part of the Grande Torino in the 1948–49 season as the reserve goalkeeper: second to Valerio Bacigalupo[1][2] and held back by a broken collarbone.
During a trip to Portugal, he was forced to leave his place to Dino Ballarin, the third goalkeeper, under pressure from his brother Aldo: this prevented him from dying in the Superga air disaster.
He remained at Torino with the only other surviving player, Sauro Tomà,[4] the reserve of Giuseppe Moro in the league from 1948 to 1949,[5] and in 1950 was sold to Legnano, in Serie B.
In subsequent seasons Genoa loaned him first to Legnano, in Serie A, and then in December 1954, Lazio, where he was never used and deployed only in reserves.