Gigi Meroni was a mercurial winger whose talent lit up Torino in the 1960s. Quick, unpredictable and a natural entertainer, he beat full-backs with a dribbler’s flair and drew comparisons with the great continental wingers of the age.
A bohemian spirit off the pitch, his life was cut short in 1967 when he was struck by a car in Turin, a loss that stunned Italian football and left him forever young in the memory of Torino’s supporters.