Juan Hospital (1893 – 21 August 1956) was an Argentine

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who played as

inside left Forwards (also known as attackers) are outfield positions in an association football team who play the furthest up the pitch and are therefore most responsible for scoring goals as well as assisting them. As with any attacking player, the role ...

. Hospital spent his entire career at Racing Club, where he won 19 titles during the most successful era of the club.Idolos: Juan Hospital
on Racing Club Nicknamed ''Pichín'', Hospital started playing in Independiente then moving to Racing in 1912. Notable for his skills to

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, he would consolidate as one of the most notable forwards during the ''golden age'' of the club, forming a memorable attacking line along with legends such as

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, and

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that became the all-time leading scorer in the history of the club. Morevoer, Hospital was one of the footballers that contributed to Racing earned the nickname ''Academia'' ("academy") during those years. He played in seven matches for the

Argentina national football team The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina. Nicknamed ''La Albiceleste'' ('The White and S ...

from 1912 to 1916. He was also part of Argentina's squad for the 1916 South American Championship. Hospital died on August 21, 1956, at the age of 63.

Titles

;Racing * Primera División (8):

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1914 This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...

1915 Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction". *January 1 ...

1916 Events Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled. * ...

, 1917,

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

1919 Events January * January 1 ** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia. ** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

* Copa Honor MCBA (3):

, 1917 *

Copa Ibarguren The Copa Dr. Carlos Ibarguren, also called Campeonato Argentino
by Osvaldo Gorgazzi on the RSSSF or simply Copa Ibarguren was an offic ...

(5):

, 1917,

Copa de Honor Cousenier The Copa de Honor Cusenier was an international football club competition which was played 13 times between representatives of the Argentina and Uruguay associations between 1905 and 1920. History The trophy was donated by "E. Cusenier Fils Auné ...

(1):

Copa Aldao The Copa Ricardo Aldao (English: ''Ricardo Aldao Cup''), popularly called Campeonato Rioplatense and Copa Río de La Plata, was an official AFA- AUF football club competition contested annually, albeit irregularly, between the league champions of ...

(2): 1917,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hospital, Juan 1893 births 1956 deaths Argentine men's footballers Argentina men's international footballers Place of birth missing Men's association football forwards