Adolfo Álvarez-Buylla

Adolfo Álvarez-Buylla Lozana (28 February 1897 – 1945) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Athletic Madrid, Racing de Madrid and Zaragoza CD. He is the younger of three brothers, Benito, Plácido and Vicente, with the latter two also being footballers.

Early life Buylla was born in Asturias as the son of (Adolfo A. Buylla, professor of Political Economy and president of the Ateneo de Madrid, and of Carmen Lozana de la Concha. Buylla and his family used to spend the summers in Salinas, where it is known that he and his brothers played football matches with the team from the town of Castrillón. He started in two games as Madrid won their first-ever title in the competition, but this almost did not happen as initially Buylla was not even in the radar of the dirigents to be called up for the Madrid team, but because the tournament coincided with the 1917 Copa del Rey Final between Madrid FC and Arenas, which prevented them from having the best players of Madrid FC, thus the "second options" (mainly players of Athletic Madrid and Racing de Madrid) got a chance to prove their worth at the tournament, and they did exactly that by winning what the "first options" had failed to.

Later life and death In 1936, Buylla was Spanish consul in Marseille. After the Spanish Civil War, he went into exile. In 1944, he arrived in Mexico from Colombia. Buylla died the following year, at the age of 48.

Honours Club Racing de Madrid Centro Championship Winners (1): 1918–19

International Madrid XI Prince of Asturias Cup: Champions (1): 1917