Federico Ferrari Orsi

Federico Ferrari Orsi (Rivoli, Piedmont 18 December 1886 – Egypt, 18 October 1942) was a general in the Royal Italian Army during World War II.
He was one of the founders of Torino Football Club and played as a defender in the 1907 season.<br>
He fought in the Italian-Turkish War and the first World War.
In 1940 he was a Divisional General and commanded the 1st Cavalry Division Eugenio di Savoia. 
In April 1941, during the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia, he commanded the Celere Corps. <br> In the summer of 1942, he was sent to North Africa to command the Italian X Corps. He was killed by a landmine just before the Second Battle of El Alamein.