Ramón Silva (footballer) explained

Ramón Silva
Fullname:Ramón Silva Abaitua
Birth Date:21 April 1884
Birth Place:Bilbao, Spain
Death Date:25 September 1954
Position:Defender
Years1:1901–1902
Years2:1902
Years3:1902–1906

Ramón Silva Abaitua (21 April 1884 – 25 September 1954) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Athletic Bilbao.[1] [2] He was one of the co-founders of Athletic Club in 1901 and was part of the team that won the 1902 Copa de la Coronación, the first national championship disputed in Spain.[1]

Playing career

Athletic Club

On 5 September 1901, he and his brother Luis were two of the 33 socios (co-founders) who signed the documents that officially established the Athletic Club at the historic meeting in Café García.[3] He was then one of the first football players of the newly created Basque team, with whom he played several friendly matches against city rivals Bilbao Football Club in the Hippodrome of Lamiako.[4]

The Silva brothers, particularly Ramón, were pivotal figures in this historic rivalry that served as one of the drivers of football as a mass phenomenon in Bilbao since their duels aroused great interest. On 19 January 1902, Silva scored the opening goal to help his side to an eventual 4–2, which not only marked Athletic's first victory over Bilbao FC in four matches, but also the first time that a paid match was held in Biscay, since they charged a ticket price of 30 cents of a peseta.[4] [5]

Club Bizcaya

In 1902, the two rivals agreed to join the best players of each club to face the Bordeaux-based side Burdigala. This temporary merge became known as Club Bizcaya and Silva ousted Bilbao FC's English forwards for a spot in the first-ever line-up of the Bizcaya team against Burdigala on 9 March, netting the opening goal in a 2–0 win in France.[6] Three weeks later, on 31 March 1902, he was again in Bizcaya's starting XI for the return fixture at Lamiako, the first visit by a foreign team to Bilbao, helping his side to a 7–0 win.[7]

Together with Juan Astorquia, William Dyer, Walter Evans and his brother, he was part of the Bizcaya team that won the first national championship disputed in Spain, the 1902 Copa de la Coronación, forerunner of the Copa del Rey.[8] He featured in the final alongside his brother and helped his side to a 2–1 win over FC Barcelona.[9] [10] Later, he was one of the eleven players who started for Athletic in their 11–1 win over Barcelona on 15 April 1906.[11] [12]

Silva died on 25 September 1954, at the age of 70.[1]

Honours

Club Bizcaya

1902

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ramón Silva - Player: Player . www.athletic-club.eus . 19 November 2022 . 19 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119230100/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/ramon-silva-abaitua . live .
  2. Web site: Ramón Silva Abaitua - Footballer . www.bdfutbol.com . 19 November 2022 . 19 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221119230056/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/jugador.html?id=2804 . live .
  3. Web site: Orígenes del Athletic . Origins of Athletic . es . 13 September 2004 . 19 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171224101258/http://www.athleticbilbao.info/2004/09/orgenes-del-athletic.html . 24 December 2017 . dead.
  4. Web site: 118 años de la primera rivalidad . 118 years since the first rivalry . es . www.aupaathletic.com . 7 November 2019 . 19 November 2022 . 21 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002416/https://www.aupaathletic.com/118-anos-de-la-primera-rivalidad/noticia/14959 . live .
  5. Web site: Athletic Club contra Bilbao Football Club (1902) . Athletic Club against Bilbao Football Club (1902) . es . memoriasdelfutbolvasco.wordpress.com . 7 March 2014 . 19 November 2022 . 16 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221016235626/https://memoriasdelfutbolvasco.wordpress.com/2014/03/07/athletic-club-contra-bilbao-football-club-1902/ . live .
  6. Web site: Burdigala VS Athletic Club 3/9/1902 . es . www.athletic-club.eus . 19 November 2022 . 18 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221118180007/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3183 . live .
  7. Web site: Athletic Club VS Burdigala 3/31/1902 . es . www.athletic-club.eus . 19 November 2022 . 18 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221118215958/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1901-02/matches/1_3184 . live .
  8. Web site: Squad of Club Vizcaya 1902 Copa de la Coronación . www.bdfutbol.com . 19 November 2022 . 24 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221024142103/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/plantilla.html?temporada=123&club=Club%20Vizcaya . live .
  9. Web site: Spain - Cup 1902 . 15 September 2000 . 19 November 2022 . 21 July 2022 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220721002345/https://www.rsssf.org/tabless/spancup1902.html . live .
  10. Web site: Copa del Rey Alfonso XIII 1902 . Linguasport . 18 November 2022 . 1 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901215908/https://www.linguasport.com/futbol/nacional/copa/copa02.htm . live .
  11. Web site: Athletic Club VS FC Barcelona 4/15/1906 . www.athletic-club.eus . 19 November 2022 . 30 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221030195937/https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/teams/athletic-club/1905-06/matches/1_3191 . live .
  12. Web site: Athletic Club VS FC Barcelona 4/15/1906 . es . 22 May 2018 . 19 November 2022 . 22 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180522041415/https://www.athletic-club.eus/cas/ficha-del-partido/1_3191/1905-06_athletic-club_fc-barcelona.html . bot: unknown .

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