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{{Short description|Italian football referee}}
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{{Infobox football official
| name                = Concetto Lo Bello
| image               = Lo Bello referee.jpg
| caption             = Lo Bello at the [[1970 European Cup Final]]
| fullname            =
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1924|5|13|df=y}}
| birth_place         = [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], [[Italy]]
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|1991|9|9|1924|5|13|df=y}}
| death_place         = [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], [[Italy]]
| otheroccupation     = Politician
| years1              =
| years2              =
| league1             = [[Serie A]]
| league2             =
| role1               = [[Referee (association football)|Referee]]
| role2               =
| internationalyears1 = 1958–1974
| confederation1      = [[FIFA]] listed
| internationalrole1  = Referee
}}
'''Concetto Lo Bello ''' (13 May 1924 – 9 September 1991) was an Italian [[association football]] international [[Referee (association football)|referee]]. He holds the record for refereeing the most games in [[Serie A]] (328).

His career spanned from 1944 to 1974, refereeing his first international match in 1958.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=International football referee Concetto Lo Bello |url=https://eu-football.info/_referee.php?id=1312}}</ref>

He officiated in 34 international matches, including the [[Germany national football team|West Germany]]–[[Soviet Union national football team|USSR]] semi-final in [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]]. He had been provisionally chosen to referee the [[1970 FIFA World Cup Final]], but the [[Italy national football team|Italian team]] reached the final, so he could not officiate.{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

Lo Bello also refereed the [[UEFA Champions League|European Cup]] finals of [[1968 European Cup Final|1968]] and [[1970 European Cup Final|1970]], as well as the [[Inter-Cities Fairs Cup]] 2nd leg final in [[1966 Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final|1966]] and the [[UEFA Europa League]] second-leg final in [[1974 UEFA Cup Final|1974]].{{citation needed|date=April 2017}}

After retirement, he entered politics, as a member of parliament for the [[Christian Democracy (Italy)|Christian Democrat]] party.
He was Minister of Sport for a spell, and, briefly, was Minister for Drought. In 1986, he was elected [[List of mayors of Syracuse, Sicily|mayor of Syracuse]], but was only in the job for five months. In 2012, he was posthumously inducted into the [[Italian Football Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazzetta.it/Calcio/27-10-2015/hall-of-fame-vialli-mancini-facchetti-ronaldo-herrera-agnelli-tardelli-ferlaino-130676725232.shtml|title=Hall of fame, 10 new entry: con Vialli e Mancini anche Facchetti e Ronaldo|trans-title=Hall of fame, 10 new entries: with Vialli and Mancini also Facchetti and Ronaldo|publisher=La Gazzetta dello Sport|language=it|date=27 October 2015|access-date=27 October 2015}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{WorldReferee.com}}
* {{WorldFootball.net referee}}
* {{EU-Football.info referee}}

{{1964 European Nations' Cup referees}}
{{1966 FIFA World Cup referees}}
{{UEFA Champions League Final referees}}
{{Italian Football Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:1991 deaths]]
[[Category:Italian football referees]]
[[Category:People from Syracuse, Sicily]]
[[Category:1966 FIFA World Cup referees]]
[[Category:1964 European Nations' Cup referees]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the Province of Syracuse]]
[[Category:Christian Democracy (Italy) politicians]]