Félix Bermudes Explained

Félix Bermudes
Birth Date:	4 July 1874
Birth Place:	Porto, Portugal
Death Place:	Lisbon, Portugal
Sport:	Sports shooting
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Félix Bermudes (4 July 1874  - 5 January 1960) was a Portuguese sports shooter.^[1] He competed in the team free rifle event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[2] He was also a significant author and playwright.^[3]

In 1916, Bermudes became the 10th president of sports club S.L. Benfica; he had a second term between 1945 and 1946.^[4] He composed the anthem of Benfica in 1929,^[5] called "Avante Benfica", which was censored by the Estado Novo.^{[6] [7]}

Bermudes wrote many plays and film scripts, as well as magazine articles. He was one of the founding members of the Society of Portuguese Theater Writers and Composers and was its president from 1928 until his death in 1960. In 1925 he was made an Officer of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword for Scientific, Literary and Artistic Merit.^[3] He was the father of Cesina Bermudes, a prominent obstetrician and opponent of the Estado Novo.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Félix Bermudes . Olympedia . 3 November 2021.
2. Web site: Félix Bermudes . 27 December 2014 . Sports Reference . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141227162426/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/felix-bermudes-1.html . 27 December 2014 . dmy .
3. Web site: Félix. Um nome a vermelho . SAPO . 8 June 2020.
4. Web site: Félix Bermudes . . 11 February 2015.
5. Web site: O Estádio das Amoreiras (1925 - 1940) . Portuguese . . 11 February 2015.
6. Book: Pereira, Luís Miguel. November 2009. Bíblia do Benfica. Benfica Bible. Portuguese. 7th. Portugal. Prime Books. 191. 978-989-655-005-9.
7. Web site: O futebol é mais instrumentalizado hoje do que foi durante o Estado Novo . Portuguese . Football today is more orchestrated than it was during the Estado Novo . Sousa . Hugo Daniel . Curado . Paulo . 25 April 2013 . . 26 June 2015.
8. Web site: Cesina Bermudes . Movimento Democrático de Mulheres . 8 June 2020.