On This Day: Club founder Italo Foschi born in 1884

Club founder and first president Italo Foschi was born on this day in 1884.

Foschi, the then-president of Fortitudo-ProRoma, was instrumental in arranging the merger of his club with two others, Alba-Audace and Football Club di Roma, to form Associazione Sportiva Roma in 1927.

The important night came on 7 June 1927, when all parties agreed to the historic merger and foundation of the new club - with Foschi as the first president.

Later the next month, it was Foschi whose signature was added to the historic Ordine del Giorno n.1, which formalised elements of the club's structure.

You can read more about the circumstances surrounding the club's foundation here.

Foschi also played a key role in ensuring the new club adopted the city's classic yellow and red colours as its own, as former player Alberto Marchesi later recalled:

"I was distracted that evening... preoccupied with the men behind closed doors in another room. I knew that Roma was about to be born and there was one thing that was worrying me, and I saw it as extremely important. What colour would the new club’s shirt be? The white and green worn by Alba, the red and blue worn by Fortitudo, or the yellow and red worn by my club, Roman?

"I confess that for me it would have been unthinkable to pick white and green, or red and blue. There was only one possible jersey for the AS Roma that was set to be founded, and that was a yellow and red one. And that is what came to pass. Italo Foschi let me know when the door finally opened, giving me a little pat on the back."

Click through the timeline below to learn more about the events from the club's foundation to its first league match.