Herbert Kilpin
| Herbert Kilpin | ||
 Herbert Kilpin
|
||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | January 24, 1870 | |
| place of birth | Nottingham , England | |
| date of death | October 22, 1916 | |
| Place of death | Milan , Italy | |
| position | Defense , midfield , storm | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Garibaldi Nottingham | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| Notts Olympic | ||
| until 1891 | Saint Andrews | |
| 1891-1899 | Internazionale Torino | |
| 1899-1908 | AC Milan | 23 (7) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1899-1906 | AC Milan | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Herbert Kilpin (born January 24, 1870 in Nottingham , England , † October 22, 1916 in Milan , Italy ) was an English football player and coach .
Kilpin was one of the founders of AC Milan and is considered one of the pioneers of Italian football . He was a versatile player who could be used in almost any position.
life and career
Beginnings
Herbert Kilpin was born on January 24, 1870, the son of a butcher in Nottingham, where he grew up as the youngest of nine siblings. After leaving school, he worked in a warehouse for lace fabrics in the city.
Already at that time the Englishman was an avid soccer player and at the age of 13 years in the establishment of a small amateur clubs involved, who after the Italian national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi was named and its players following the red shirts wore red jerseys.
From England to Italy
Kilpin continued his football career until 1891 as a defender or midfielder at Notts Olympic and Saint Andrews, a church team that played near the Forest Recreation Ground .
In 1891, Herbert Kilpin went to Turin , Italy to work for Edoardo Bosio , an Italian- Swiss textile merchant with ties to Nottingham. In the same year, Bosio founded the Internazionale Torino club in Turin , which is considered the first Italian football club at all. Kilpin played for this club, becoming the first English football legionnaire in history. In 1898 he took part with the club in the first-ever Italian football championship , which failed in the final at CFC Genoa . In the following year , the Turin club had to admit defeat to the Genoese in the final .
Foundation of AC Milan
Herbert Kilpin and his friend Samuel Richard Davies had already left Turin for Milan in 1898 . The following year the two were among the founders of AC Milan , which was founded on December 16, 1899 as the Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club . The club's first elected president was Alfred Edwards , while Kilpin, who was the most experienced in the management team, acted as player- coach and the team's oldest player, David Allison , became team captain .
The newly founded club was immediately successful. In 1901 they won the first Italian championship in the club's history in the second year of existence. In 1906 the second title followed, again with Kilpin as field player and coach. In 1906 the Englishman was replaced as Milan coach by Daniele Angeloni , who had ended his playing career the previous year. Herbert Kilpin played for the Milan club until 1908 and won the third and last Scudetto of his career in 1907 . He played a total of 23 championship games for Milan in ten years , scoring seven goals.
Retirement and death
Herbert Kilpin ended his active career in 1908. After that, nothing is known about his life. He died in Milan on October 22, 1916 at the age of 46, possibly as a result of his smoking and drinking habits .
In the 1990s, his grave, long thought to be lost, was rediscovered in a municipal cemetery in Milan by the Italian hobby historian Luigi La Rocca. It had no name and was located in a part of the cemetery where only Protestants were buried. In 1999, the year of the 100th anniversary of the AC Milan club, Kilpin's remains were transferred to the Cimitero Monumentale di Milano , where the club donated a new tombstone for him.
successes
As a player
- Italian championship : 1901 , 1906 , 1907
- Medaglia del Re : 1900, 1901, 1902
As a trainer
Web links
- Profile in the Hall of Fame of AC Milan
- Portiamo Kilpin al Famedio! www.portiamokilpinalfamedio.splinder.com, October 12, 2010, accessed October 20, 2010 (Italian).
- HERBERT KILPIN - ALL RADICI DEL FOOTBALL ITALIANO. www.storiedicalcio.altervista.org, accessed October 20, 2010 (Italian).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d AC Milan's Nottingham-born hero. news.bbc.co.uk, accessed October 20, 2010 .
- ↑ a b c d e Herbert KILPIN. www.magliarossonera.it, accessed October 20, 2010 (Italian).
- ↑ La nascita di una mito. www.magliarossonera.it, accessed October 20, 2010 (Italian).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kilpin, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nottingham |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 22, 1916 |
| Place of death | Milan |