Herbert Kilpin, who played in the second division before joining FC Torinese in 1891, then Mediolanum Milano from 1898 to 1900 and Milan from 1900-07, was the first English player to play professionally abroad.
But Kilpin's defining moment came in a Tuscan wine shop in 1899 when, together with five colleagues from a Nottingham lace company, he founded the Milan Cricket and Football Club - now known as AC Milan.
"We will wear red and black," said Kilpin. "Red to recall the devil, black to invoke fear."
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