For union, he played as a lock or flanker for club sides CUS Torino Rugby and R.S.

For league, he played as a second-row for Torino XIII and the national team, which to he captained.

In honour of this, Bertolotto's name appears alongside his teammates on a plaque affixed to Motovelodromo Fausto Coppi in Turin, the squad was; eight players that would subsequently accompany Bertolotto on the 1950 rugby league tour.

Bertolotto was part of Torino XIII team that joined the French league.

[2] Vincenzo Bertolotto co-organised, with Dennis Chappell[3] and a Turin resident, the 1950 Italy tour of Great Britain and France which he captained.