Ceferino Avecilla
Spanish writer, dramatist, sports journalist and football executive / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ceferino Rodríguez Alonso de Avecilla (14 December 1880 – 1956) was a Spanish writer, dramatist, sports journalist and football executive. A prolific and restless journalist, Avecilla wrote countless chronicles about the most important issues of his time, as well as several novels and plays.[1] He was an enthusiastic sportsman in his youth, being the founder of the magazines Revista de Sport (1903), Mundo Sportivo (1903) and Gaceta del Sport (1904), and he is especially recognized for having been president of the Madrid Association of Foot-ball Clubs (1904), the first football federation in the capital.[1] In addition to his journalistic, literature, and football work, he was also a lawyer.
Ceferino Rodríguez | |
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Born | Ceferino Rodríguez Avecilla (1880-12-14)14 December 1880 Valladolid, Spain |
Died | 1956 (aged 76) Mexico City, Mexico |
Citizenship | Spanish |
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Known for | President of Madrid Association of Foot-ball Clubs and Español de Madrid |
Español de Madrid | |
In office November 1903 – Summer 1904 | |
Preceded by | Manuel Méndez |
2nd President of the Madrid Association of Foot-ball Clubs | |
In office 4 January 1904 – 29 March 1904 | |
Preceded by | Carlos Padrós |
A man of strong communist convictions, he was one of those responsible for the General Society of Authors and Publishers during the Spanish Civil War, after which he had to go into exile in Mexico.[1]