Gregorio Orozco
Gregorio Orozco y Orozco (born July 17, 1889 in Arandas, Jalisco , † February 13, 1974 in Guadalajara , Jalisco), was a Mexican football player and entrepreneur . He played for Guadalajara Football Club as well as its predecessor Club Unión and is considered one of its founders. From 1911 to 1914 he was president of this association and thus the second president in its history, after he had inherited his brother Rafael , who from 1908 to 1911 was the first president in the history of the then Guadalajara FC and today's CD Guadalajara. He was also in 1908 co-founder and first chairman of the League Amateur de Jalisco ; a football competition that lasted until professional football was introduced in 1943.
Looking for work, Gregorio Orozco and his brother Rafael left their rural birthplace of Arandas in 1906 and immigrated to Guadalajara. There Rafael found a job in the clothing company Fábricas de Francia , while Gregorio founded a branch of the capital- based food chain Almacenes Ciudad de México , which was not far from the Cathedral of Guadalajara.
Through his brother Rafael, who had many French work colleagues, French newspapers occasionally came into his possession. In this way he got to know football , which excited him from the start. Through the "French Connection" he finally got to know the French-born Calixto Gas and Edgar Everaert , who had immigrated from Belgium , who were also enthusiastic fans of football.
Together they founded a football club called Club Unión that same year, which was renamed Guadalajara FC two years later.
Life as president of Guadalajara FC, which he co-founded, was not always easy. Once, after a heated derby between Guadalajara and his then arch-rival Liceo de Varones, players from the opposing team appeared in front of his house and threw stones at it.
Gregorio Orozco married in 1914 and lived in house number 1385 on Avenida Pedro Moreno in Guadalajara until his death on February 13, 1974.
His son Gabriel Orozco applied for the presidency of the CD Guadalajara in 1999, but was defeated by Francisco Cárdenas.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Orozco, Gregorio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Orozco y Orozco, Gregorio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican soccer player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arandas, Mexico |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1974 |
| Place of death | Guadalajara , Mexico |