Alumni Athletic Club, or simply Alumni, was an

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team active during the first years of the sport in that country. Although officially founded in 1898, the team had been formed in 1893 when a group of students from the Buenos Aires English High School joined

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(considered the "father" of Argentine football)"Lomas marcó el rumbo"
'' Clarín'', 2001-07-15 to form a team in order to participate in the championship organized by the Argentine Association Football League (then

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, which had been created that year). The squad was active until 1911 and was disbanded in 1913 due to internal problems. During the years Alumni was active, the team won a total of 22 titles, including 15 domestic titles (10 Primera División championships and 5 national cups). At international level, Alumni won 7 titles, becoming one of the most important clubs in the history of Argentine football."Alumni: en el nombre del fútbol"
on ''Clarín'', 2003-04-21

History

The Buenos Aires English High School

On 25 February 1882, Scottish Professor

arrived to Buenos Aires. Hutton, considered "the father" of Argentine football, had been hired as Director of

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but resigned a short time later because the institution did not have funds to acquire sports facilities, which were considered by Hutton as an essential component of his teaching methods. Watson Hutton then created the Buenos Aires English High School (BAEHS) to put in practise his ideas about education, with a special predilection for

. The BAEHS opened on 1 February 1884. To start with the practise of football in Argentina, Waton Hutton brought William Watters from Scotland, to work as a trainer. It was Watters who brought the first footballs from the

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First official match

By 1890 football in Buenos Aires had yet to be regulated by any federation although there were many institutions where the game was practised, such as Buenos Aires English High School, St. Andrew's Scots School, Flores Collegiate, Flores English College, Old Caledonians Football Club, Saint John's Football Club, Scotch Club and Buenos Aires Football Club. In 1891 the Argentine Football Association League, the first football association outside

, was established with the purpose of organising a championship, giving birth to the Primera División, the oldest football competition in South America. The following teams were registered: St. Andrew's Scots School, Old Caledonians, Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway, Belgrano Football Club (a predecessor of current

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) and Buenos Aires Football Club. Nevertheless, this new tournament was badly criticized and was boycotted by most of the clubs. The title was won by St. Andrew's, considered today as the first Primera División champion ever, being recognised even by the AFA although the Association organised its first championship in 1893. The AAFL was dissolved after the 1891 season. As a result, in 1892 no championship was held. On 21 February

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, Watson Hutton created a new football league with the same name (current Argentine Football Association), with himself appointed as president. The first championship organised by the new Association was the

tournament, with five teams taking part: Lomas AC (which would be the champion),

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, Quilmes Rowers, Buenos Aires al Rosario Railway and Buenos Aires English High School making its debut. The BAEHS decided not to take part in the 1894 championship, which caused many of its players to move to other teams such as Lobos AC and Lanús Athletic Club.

Creation of an Athletic Club

The BAEHS team returned to Primera División for the 1895 championship, won by Lomas. The team made a poor campaign, finishing in the last position. The BAESH would not take part in a Primera División tournament until

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. As they had done in 1894, the students of the school played for other teams during this period. In 1898 the Minister of Justice and Public Instruction ruled that teaching of physical exercises would be obligatory for all the national schools programs. Furthermore, it was required that each school had to create a

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formed by their current and former students. As a result, on 3 October 1898, "English High School Athletic Club" was founded. The school bought its first facility in the Coghlan district of

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, near the train station, with the purpose of practicing physical activities as it was required In 1899 the Argentine Football Association created the second division, where the club registered a team. The championship was won by Banfield; English High School A.C. was the runner up. In 1900 the club decided to compete at the Primera División tournaments again, so some of its players returned to the team. Walter Buchanan,

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and Guillermo and Heriberto Jordán came from Lobos A.C. while brothers Tomás, Carlos and

The long success

English High School won its first title in

, totaling 11 points in 6 games played. It began the long series of titles (10 over 11 seasons played) won by the team during its short existence in Argentine football. At the end of the season, the ''

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'' newspaper decided to award a trophy (named "Herald Trophy") to the most popular team of Argentina. To establish this, the Herald made a survey among its readers, who had to send a voucher indicating their favorite team. The survey finished on 31 July 1900, and the English High School AC was awarded as "the most popular team" with 6.942 votes, followed by

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(3.467 votes) and

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(3.358).''Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina'' by Jorge Iwanczuk. Publisher: Autores Editores (1992) – In 1901 the Association forbade football teams to use names of Schools so BAEHS had to register a new name to play at football tournaments. One of club's members and former student Carlos Rowers, came up with the name "Alumni" which was immediately approved, therefore the team changed to "Alumni Athletic Club". Under its new name, Alumni would win 3 consecutive championships (1901, 1902 and 1903). The 1901 team won all its games, scoring 12 goals and only receiving 1 in 6 matches played. Alumni also won its first international competition, the

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where teams from Buenos Aires, Rosario and Montevideo took part. The squad defeated

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by 2–1 at the final. Alumni 1906champion

In 1902 Alumni finished unbeaten again, winning 7 of 8 games, scoring 24 goals (an average of 3 per game). The 1903 team won 9 of 10 games, with only one defeat to Belgrano AC by 1–0. Alumni scored 40 goals in the tournament (an average of 4 per game), with large victories over

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(3–0, 4–2), Flores AC (6–0, 10–0),

(4–0, 3–0) and Barracas AC (4–0). The 1903 team also won its second

, defeating Rosario Athletic by 3–2. In 1904 Alumni finished second to

, winning only 5 of 10 matches with 2 losses. The next year Alumni won another championship, with the adding of goalkeeper

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and forward Carlos Lett (who would be the topscorer of the tournament with 12 goals). Alumni won 10 of 12 matches having lost only one and scoring 43 goals. The squad also achieved some highlights such two thrashing victories against Lomas (7–1 and 11–1), and a devastating 14–0 to Reformer AC. Alumni also won the first edition of the domestic

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that same year, defeating Quilmes 1–0 at the final. In 1905 Alumni also won its first domestic cup, the

, where the team eliminated Estudiantes (BA) and Belgrano AC before defeating Quilmes 1–0 at the final, with a goal scored during extra time.Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires 1905 at RSSSF
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For the 1906 season, the Argentine tournament changed its format, with all its teams divided into two separated groups. The teams finishing first of each group played a final match in order to proclaim a champion. Alumni and Lomas won their respective zones, playing the final game that was won by Alumni 4–0. During the regular season, Alumni achieved largest victories to Belgrano AC (3–0, 4–0) and Quilmes (4–0). Alumni not only won its 6th. Primera División title, but its second consecutive

to Estudiantes (BA) by 3–1, the

(demolishing Belgrano AC by 10–1), and the

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(against Uruguayan team

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). To sum up, Alumni won all the tournaments contested that year. On 24 June, Alumni played the South African national team at

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stadium (where current Campo Argentino de Polo is located). The South Africa team had reaffiliated to

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and was formed exclusively by white players, with seven of them born in South Africa and 8 originated from England and Scotland.Before The 'D'...Association Football around the world, 1863-1937
page 4 At least 12,000 spectators attended the match, with the president of Argentina,

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among them. The game finished 1–0 with a goal scored by

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in the 51st minute. The victory was largely celebrated by the media for being the first time an Argentine squad defeated a British team. Local newspaper ''

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'' wrote: "For our national football, the Alumni v South Africa match was a great triumph that will be remembered for a long time in everyone's memory, serving as example and stimulus for the future", while British-origin newspaper '' The Standard'' wrote "it was a glorious victory and what happened in La Sportiva is promising for Argentine football".A cien años de un triunfazo
on ''Clarín'', 24 June 2006 Nevertheless, Alfredo Brown, who scored the only goal of the match, admitted the superiority of the British team when he said: Alumni 1910

Alumni won another title the following season, the 1907 championship. The squad finished unbeaten, totaling 37 points with 17 wins. Alumni achieved a large number of thrashing victories over some rivals, such as San Martín AC (7–0), Reformer (7–0 and 4–0),

(7–2), Barracas AC and San Isidro (5–0 both), Lomas (4–0 and 5–0),

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(5–1 both times), and Belgrano AC (4–0). Due to that outstanding performance on the field, the team reached a record of 76 goals scored in 20 matches (3,8 goals per game). That year Alumni won another domestic cup, the

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defeating Belgrano AC at the final, and its 4th

championship, defeating

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at Ferro Carril Oeste stadium. Although Alumni did not win a Primera División title in 1908 (where finished 2nd to Belgrano AC), the team got its third consecutive Copa Jockey Club title, easily defeating

by 5–0 in the final. Internationally, Alumni also won another edition of

, easily beating

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by 4–0 in

. Alumni continued its successful campaign winning the Primera División championship in

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, with 32 total points in 18 matches played with only 1 loss. Alumni scored 74 goals (achieving its highest average: 4,11 goals per game), with some large victories over San Isidro (with a devastating 9–0), Belgrano Athletic (6–2), Lomas (8–1 and 4–0), Reformer (7–1) and

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6–1. Alumni also defeated River Plate (which debuted in Primera División) 3–1 being the first time both teams played against. That was not the only title won by the squad so Alumni won its 3rd consecutive Copa Jockey Club, demolishing ''Rosarino'' team

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by 5–1 in the final match. The team also won by 4th. consecutive time the Tie Cup, beating CURCC 4–0. It would be the last international title won by Alumni, which totaled 7 championships before its dissolution. Alumni won again a Primera División tournament in 1910. The team got 25 points in 16 matches played, with 42 goals scored (decreasing its goal average to 2,62). The team easily defeated River Plate (3–0 both times), with large wins over

(6–1),

(5–0) and Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (6–0). Alumni 1911

The 1911 season was the last time Alumni played officially. From then on, the team would be occasionally reunited for some friendly matches or exhibitions to keep the legend alive. With the 1911 title, Alumni won its second trichampionship after the first success of 1900–1902. That was the season where Alumni finished with the most losses (4) in 16 matches played. Alumni also shared the first position with

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so both teams had to play a championship playoff. The game (hosted in Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires stadium) was won by Alumni 2–1, thus becoming the new Argentine football champion.

and Lett were the scorers for Alumni. During the regular season, Alumni's highlights were some large victories to Quilmes (7–0), River Plate (3–0 and 5–1), Gimnasia y Esgrima (BA) (5–1), Racing Club (5–1, although Racing had defeated them 3–1 in the first round), Estudiantes (BA) (6–0) and San Isidro (5–0). Alumni finished its last season in official tournaments winning its 10th. league title and becoming the most successful team of Argentina by then with 22 official championships (10 league titles, 5 national cups and 7 international titles). Alumni is also placed 6th. in the all-time ranking of most winning Primera División championships, along with Vélez Sársfield with 10 titles each.

Dissolution

Despite being registered for the 1912 tournament, the team did not play any match. Alumni forfeited its games against Estudiantes (BA),

and

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, respectively. After those forfeits, and based on the rules for the competition, the Association disaffiliated Alumni. Many of its players moved to

, other team with

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origins, which finally would obtain the title that year. There were two main reasons for Alumni's demise: the first cause was the shortage of players due to the fact that Alumni rarely admitted players outside the English High School. The second reason was that Alumni was losing a lot of money (due to the fact that the club often donated its incomes to benefit) and it seemed unlikely that the team could fulfil its matches for 1912 season. The club was dissolved on 24 April 1913. All the members were invited to the assembly, but only 7 attended. Once the team was disbanded, the assets ($12.322,29) were donated to eight public institutions, the Hospital Británico and the Patronato de la Infancia were among them Despite having been dissolved, former Alumni players used to reunite to play friendly matches.

Rebirth through rugby

In 1951 the English High School asked its former students for permission to re-establish the name "Alumni" for a rugby team, which would be immediately approved so the "Asociación Alumni" was founded and has remained to date.

Players

The most prominent Alumni's player was

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, Eliseo, Carlos, Juan and

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, and his cousin Juan Domingo as well. Another notable player was the goalkeeper

, who arrived at the club in 1905 and remained until 1907. Juan McKechnie (1891–94, 1900–04) was another remarkable goalkeeper who gave sterling service to the team. Alumni was also famous due to its notable

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, with many of them being the top scorers of the first division championships. Amongst them were Alfredo and Eliseo Brown, Carlos and Ernesto Lett and Arnoldo Watson Hutton. Many Alumni footballers were usually called up to play for the Argentina national team. Moreover, four of the Brown brothers were repeatedly called together for a match, while five of the Brown cousins took part of Alumni squad for the

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tour from 2 June to 14 July 1907. With a team consisting of many Alumni players, the

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won the

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four consecutive times: 1906 (8 players from Alumni), 1907 (7), 1908 (5) and 1909 (7). The squad also obtained the

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in 1906 (with 7 players from Alumni), 1907 (4), 1908 (7) and 1909 (3). Argentina also won the "Copa de Honor Gran Premio de Argentina" in 1909 (7) and 1911 (6).

Topscorers by season

Team Captains

Uniform

The English High School uniform was based on what students wore at school: a white T-shirt with horizontal red stripes. When the team changed its name in 1901 so the uniform was changed to vertical red stripes. The shorts were white in most of the cases, but Alumni also used a black model and other in navy blue.

Records and facts

* The first Argentine football team to defeat a British squad,

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(affiliated to the

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and composed of white players, with most of them of British origins) in 1906. * The first club to win three or more consecutive championships in three different times: 1900–1903; 1905–1907; 1909–1911. *

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was the

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top scorer four consecutive times: 1906 (8 goals), 1907 (24), 1908 (19) y 1909 (17). * The first ''

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'' club which won the Primera División, the

and the

within the same year (1906). The club also won the

, totaling 4 titles (all the tournaments contested). * In 1904, football club

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adopted the red and white uniform colors as a tribute to Alumni. Other clubs that took the red and white colors honoring Alumni were

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and

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(both in 1906),

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and now defunct

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light blue color was adopted after River Plate F.C. wore a jersey that color when defeated Alumni 2–1, on 10 April 1910.La historia de la Celeste
on Montevideo Wanderers website Until then Uruguay had worn several shirt models. * The Club Atlético Alumni, located in

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, choose not only its name but its color to honour the legacy of Alumni. * Alumni never played against

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(due to the club abandoned official competitions in 1911, while Boca Juniors debuted in Primera División in 1913), Independiente (1912) or

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(1915).

Special awards

* Trophy awarded by the Argentine Association in recognition to the first tri-championship won by the team (1900, 1901 and 1902). * Copa Recompensa (''Reward Cup''), awarded by the Argentine Association in recognition to the titles of 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910 and 1911.''Alumni, Cuna de Campeones y Escuela de Hidalguía'' by Ernesto Escobar Bavio – Editorial Difusión, Buenos Aires (Published 1953) * ''Herald Trophy'' as "the most popular team of Argentina", according to a survey organized in 1900 by the

, won by Alumni with 6.942 votes.

Largest victories

During its short existence, Alumni achieved a considerable number of large victories over its rivals. Lomas Athletic, Reformer, Belgrano Athletic and San Isidro were some of the teams thrashed by Alumni several times. The list below includes the results by 4 or more goals of difference over its opponents.

Honours

Domestic

League

* Primera División (10):

, 1901, 1902, 1903,

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, 1906, 1907,

, 1910,

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Campeones del Fútbol Argentino
on AFA website, 13 July 2015 *

Tercera División Tercera División ( en, Third Division) was the fourth tier of the Spanish football league system. Founded in 1929, it was below the ''Primera División'' (also known as La Liga), the ''Segunda División'', and the semi-professional ''Segunda Di ...

(3): 1900, 1901, 1905

National cups

(2): 1905, 1906 *

(3): 1907, 1908, 1909

International

(6): 1901, 1903, 1906, 1907, 1908,

(1): 1906

Notes

References

External links

El Alumni Athletic Club
on the BAEHS website (Archived, 31 Jan 2016) {{DEFAULTSORT:Alumni Athletic Club Alumni Athletic Club Association football clubs established in 1898 Association football clubs disestablished in 1913 Defunct football clubs in Buenos Aires 1898 establishments in Argentina 1913 disestablishments in Argentina British association football clubs outside the United Kingdom Diaspora sports clubs in Argentina