Tributes
Gradi was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame in 2004 in recognition of his impact as a manager in the English game. A street in Crewe, Dario Gradi Drive, is named in his honour 53°5′9.91″N 2°26′16.23″W / 53.0860861°N 2.4378417°W / 53.0860861; -2.4378417. In 2003 he was made an Honorary Freeman of the Borough of Crewe and Nantwich and in the same year was awarded an honorary doctorate by Loughborough University.
The winning school in the Surrey Schools Football Association's boys under-13s competition receive the Dario Gradi Trophy.
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“The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.”
—Jean Genet (1910–1986)