Edgar Everaert
Edgar Everaert (* 1888 in Bruges , Belgium ; † November 8, 1957 in Mexico City , Mexico ) is considered the founder of the Mexican football club Club Deportivo Guadalajara .
biography
Everaert left his homeland at the age of just 16 and emigrated to Mexico. On September 15, 1904, he arrived in Guadalajara , where he worked for the Casa Comercial L. Gas y Cía. worked and was friends with Calixto Gas , a family member of the company owners. Calixto Gas had French roots and was in turn friends with some French people who worked in the Fábricas de Francia . This group of people was instrumental in founding a football club that saw the light of day on May 8, 1906 under the name Club Unión . The club colors were red, white and blue, which are both the French national colors and the colors of the city of Bruges, of Everaert's origin. The Belgian was himself an active member of the football team and was a member of the club's first board.
On the initiative of Everaert, who suggested that the name of the city should be integrated into the club's name based on the European model , Club Unión, previously named after Avenida Unión , was renamed Guadalajara Football Club in 1908 .
Everaert spent most of his life in Guadalajara and did not leave the city until 1954 to spend his retirement years in Coyoacán , a preferred district in southern Mexico City. There he devoted himself to painting and died in 1957 as a result of cancer .
Notes and individual references
- ↑ Name of the street where the first place was where the young enthusiasts chased the ball
literature
- Corazón Chiva: Cien Años , Planeta, Guadalajara 2006, ISBN 970-37-0385-2 , pp. 13f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Everaert, Edgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bruges , Belgium |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1957 |
| Place of death | Mexico City , Mexico |