Calixto gas
Calixto Gas (born August 21, 1890 in Jausiers , Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , France as Calixte Gas; † November 4, 1918 in Staden , West Flanders , Belgium ) was a French entrepreneur and athlete who considered one of the founders of the Mexican Football club Club Deportivo Guadalajara and football pioneers in Guadalajara is seen.
Life
Around 1904, Calixte Gas followed the call of his uncle, who had already emigrated to Mexico, and settled in Guadalajara , where his first name changed to Calixto in accordance with Mexican customs. In his new place of residence he soon made friends with several other French people and the Belgian Edgar Everaert . The young men enjoyed playing football and also practiced this sport in their new place of residence. In 1906 they founded Club Unión, which two years later became Guadalajara FC and many years later Club Deportivo Guadalajara , Mexico's most popular football club.
After the outbreak of World War I , like many other French migrants in Mexico, he followed the call of his fatherland to fight as a soldier. Just a week before its end on November 11, 1918, Gas was killed in a combat mission in the small Belgian town of Staden .
Web links
- Memoires des hommes (French; accessed July 3, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gas, Calixto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gas, Calixte (French maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French entrepreneur and football pioneer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1890 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jausiers , Alpes-de-Haute-Provence , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 4, 1918 |
| Place of death | Staden , West Flanders , Belgium |