Alfred C. Crowle

Alfred C. Crowle (* in England ; † unknown) was an English football player and coach in Mexico .

biography

prehistory

Around 1900, the British mining company Pachuca and Real Del Monte began operations in the Mexican city of Pachuca , the capital of the state of Hidalgo . The predominantly English workforce brought football with them and towards the end of 1900 founded the Pachuca Athletic Club , which is considered the oldest still existing football club in Mexico.

player

"Alfredo" Crowle, as he was soon called by the local population, probably emigrated to Mexico with his parents in the first years of the 20th century and from 1904 played in the youth teams of the Pachuca AC. In the 1908/09 season he rose to the first team and soon became an important part of the same. In the seasons 1910/11 and 1914/15, the accurate Crowle won the top scorer's crown twice in the Primera Fuerza and in 1917/18 he was a member of the championship team of the Pachuca AC.

Club coach

After finishing his active career, he coached Pachuca AC and led him to the championship of the Liga Mexicana in the 1919-20 season.

Co-founder of Club Necaxa

In the following year, the Pachuca AC team disintegrated and Alfred Crowle, whose fame extended far beyond Pachuca, moved to the capital in 1921 to work for the Cia. de Luz y Fuerza to work. Its managing director William H. Frasser , an influential entrepreneur and football enthusiast, asked Crowle to help him build a new football club. Together they merged the teams founded by Frasser Luz y Fuerza and Tranvias with effect from August 21, 1923 to the Club Necaxa .

National coach

In 1935 Crowle acted as the national coach of Mexico and - measured by his successes - can be considered the most successful coach in the history of the Mexican national soccer team ; because under his reign the selection of Mexico, which was formed primarily from players from the then dominant Club Necaxa, won all games. Only eight national coaches in the history of Mexican football have such a success rate. But while the other seven coaches were only responsible for one to three international matches, Crowle coached the team five times. At the same time, the national team also won their first international title at these games: the Central American Championship in El Salvador in 1935 . The following results (from Mexico's point of view) testify to the absolute dominance of the Mexicans in this tournament:

date opponent Result March 27, 1935 El Salvador 8: 1 March 28, 1935 Guatemala 5: 1 March 30, 1935 Cuba 6: 1 April 1, 1935 Honduras 8: 2 April 2, 1935 Costa Rica 2-0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Juan Cid y Mulet: Libro de oro del fútbol mexicano (Mexico City: B. Costa-Amic, 1961), p. 245
2. ↑ http://www.garaje.ya.com/rott2001/historia.htm
3. ↑ 1923-2010: 87 años de Religión Necaxista y Pasión Rojiblanca. ( Memento of April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
4. ^ Carlos Calderón Cardoso: Por amor a la camiseta (1933-1950), Editorial Clío, México 1998, p. 12f ISBN 970-663-023-6