One of the greatest purchases by far in the era of the Rossoneri’s president Colombo was Aldo Boffi. As he took on the position of striker, at the end of his seven years playing for Milan, he would be the leading goalscorer in Italy behind the great Giuseppe “Peppino” Meazza. The ease at which he was able to beat his opponents goalkeepers can be shown by his stats that resulted in 109 goals in 163 appearances. In a showering of goals, it lead Boffi and the Rossoneri to the top of the league during the 1936/37, 1939/40 and 1941/42 seasons. In particular, thanks to the nineteen goals of his first years playing for Milan in 1936/37, the Rossoneri nearly reached the scudetto, gaining just 1 point more than Juventus and five ahead of Ambrosiana-Inter.
Shortly after, Milan lost sight of their championship gains in their last six games of the season, winning only once, and losing three games with Juventus. In short, it was a championship almost won, but few knew that Milan had a change in technical coach during the course of the season. Baloncieri guided the Rossoneri for the last time on November 29, 1936, after which William Garbutt took on (the only Englishman to take that role in the history of Milan). In total, Boffi played for Milan 194 games while scoring 136 goals which earned him the fifth position in ranking as the Rossoneri top striker of all time.
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