During his rivalry with David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (Lord David Burghley), won 6 of the 11 contests.
Because of the noble origins of Burghley their epic was renamed "The Prince and the Pauper."
As part of the AAA Championships (which were considered a kind of European Athletics Championships at the time) he won three of the five contests against Burghley.

Despite their different walks of life, Lord Burghley considered Facelli a friend for years.
Burghley invited him to the opening ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
When Facelli received the letter he passed it to a friend to translate.
However, the friend was unable to translate the whole later and the invitation was missed.
Burghley also explained in the letter that Facelli would find a plane ticket to London at the British Consulate in Milan and also arranged accommodation for him London -  but all this was "lost in translation".
During his rivalry with David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (Lord David Burghley), won 6 of the 11 contests. Because of the noble origins of Burghley their epic was renamed "The Prince and the Pauper." As part of the AAA Championships (which were considered a kind of European Athletics Championships at the time) he won three of the five contests against Burghley.
Despite their different walks of life, Lord Burghley considered Facelli a friend for years. Burghley invited him to the opening ceremony for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. When Facelli received the letter he passed it to a friend to translate. However, the friend was unable to translate the whole later and the invitation was missed. Burghley also explained in the letter that Facelli would find a plane ticket to London at the British Consulate in Milan and also arranged accommodation for him London -  but all this was "lost in translation".
Luigi Facelli