Agustin Peris

Agustin Peris
Agustin Peris
President of Català SC
In office
1910 – late 1920s
1st President of Catalan Baseball Federation [ca]
In office
1929–1939
Succeeded byLluís María Jordà
Association football career
Full name Agustin Peris de Vargas
Birth name Agustí Peris de Vargas
Date of birth 1880
Place of birth Manzanillo, Cuba
Date of death 17 August 1948 (aged 68)
Place of death Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1906–1907 FC Barcelona 1 (0)
1909–1911 Català FC +5 (0)
1909 FC Barcelona 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Agustin Peris de Vargas (1880 – 27 August 1948) was a Spanish sports journalist and pioneer of baseball and football in Catalonia, who held managerial positions in the respective federations as a founder and the first president of the Catalan Baseball Federation [ca] (1929–1939) and the treasurer of the Catalan Football Federation.[1][2]

He played both sports in his youth, participating in the very first documented baseball match held in Spain in 1901[1] and playing as a midfielder for FC Internacional and Sport Club Català before becoming the president of the latter.[3] Apart from playing football and baseball, a sport he practiced until he was over fifty years old, he was also a swimmer and an athlete and worked as a journalist in several publications of his time, including the Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo, in which he signed the chronicles under the pseudonym "Strike".[1]

His brothers Joaquim, Lisandro, and Enrique were also outstanding sportsmen and leaders.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "El primer partit de beisbol (1901) i la família Peris de Vargas" [The first baseball game (1901) and the Peris de Vargas family]. barcelonasportiva.blogspot.com (in Spanish). 31 December 2013. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  2. ^ "A. Peris". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 30 May 1912. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Agustín Peris de Vargas - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Los Peris" [The Peris]. www.larazon.es (in Spanish). 22 June 2019. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.