He played club level rugby league (RL) for Warrington (two spells, including the second as a World War II guest), Bradford Northern, Leeds (World War II guest) and St. Helens, as a hooker, and club level rugby union (RU) for Cairo United Services (during World War II), as a hooker and he was the coach/scout/trainer for Warrington Amateurs, Orford Tannery, and Warrington.

Vincent Dilorenzo was born in Warrington, Lancashire, England, he was a gunner during World War II, and he worked as a warehouseman for c. 25-years at the wire manufacturers and galvanizers; Whitecross Company, Milner Street, Warrington (subsequently acquired by Lancashire Steel Corporation, then British Steel, and then Rylands-Whitecross (jointly owned by Tinsley Wire Industries Ltd (TWIL), and British Ropes).

Vincent Dilorenzo played hooker in Cairo United Services' 3–28 defeat by the 6th Armoured Division (South Africa) (captained by future South Africa (Springboks) captain; Basil Kenyon) at Alamein Club, Cairo on Saturday 25 December 1943.

[1] Vincent Dilorenzo was the son of Michele DiLorenzo (born in Naples, Italy – death unknown) and Ada Susannah H. (née Gittins, birth registered first 1⁄4 1872 in Aston district – death registered second 1⁄4 1948 (aged 76) in Warrington district).

Vincent Dilorenzo surname is misspelt as Dilerenzo on his birth registered fourth 1⁄4 1911 in Warrington district.