It had been a pillar of Robur Osimo. Paolini (president of Fip Marche): “We lose a great person”
Robur Basket Osimo wishes to huddle and express heartfelt condolences to the Foria family for the death of dear Nello, 63 years old. Social doctor of the Robur of Alessio Baldinelli, of the Robur of the Serie A and of the years that led to the association throughout Italy. To remind the figure of this doctor, a well-known person in Osimo, also the current president of the Italian Basketball Federation of Marche Davide Paolini “The sport of the Marche in particular basketball loses a great a great person. Nello Foria was a pillar of Robur Osimo first as a player then as a social doctor.
At the end of the eighties I remember him in the many derby played against Ancona at the time of the Serie C. In those years we went to Palaveneto to follow the team of the heart. On the pitch he was a true leader, one who never backed down, a gritty always ready to throw his heart over the obstacle. It was he who in times of difficulty managed to take the team by the hand. After the game beyond the result gained on the field was the first to shake hands with opponents. Derby fiery but always correct in a few words the basketball of the past. After graduating, Nello Foria remained at Robur where he held the position of social doctor for many years. Together with the late Alessio Baldinelli he wrote pages of history with Robur who came to play Serie A. In such a dramatic moment our thoughts as the Italian Basketball Federation can only go to the family to whom we offer our deepest condolences. The disappearance of this figure will leave a huge void but his example and his way of doing it must be a beacon for the new players ».
