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Charles Douglas Moffatt

1870 – 1953

English footballer

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Lived 1870 – 1953 (aged 82). Charles Douglas Moffatt was a British association football player.

Charles Douglas Moffatt (5 July 1870 – 1 March 1953) was an English footballer, considered one of the pioneers of the sport in Argentina, active in the country as a player between 1891 and 1901.

Career Medal awarded Moffatt after the first Primera División title ever won with St. Andrew's, 1891 Born in London, Moffatt arrived in Argentina in November 1889 at the age of 19. He worked in some British-owned companies in the country, such as Walter Sons & Co, Hume Brothers, the Buenos Aires Western Railway and last, the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway from which he retired in 1928.

Despite being the champion, St. Andrew's Athletic Club was dissolved that same year. After his tenure on St. Andrew's, Moffatt played for Lomas Athletic Club in 1892 and then moved to Flores Athletic Club. ), where he played the 1897 and 1898 seasons with the team. When the second division (current Primera B Metropolitana) was created in 1899, Banfield registered a team there that would win the championship, with Moffatt as one of its players. The other teams that took part in the first tournament were English High School, Belgrano AC, Lomas, Lanús Athletic Club, Porteño, Maldonado Football Club, Scots School Club and Lomas' Barker Memorial School.

Moffat retired from football in 1901, although he continued practising sports, such as rowing, swimming, tennis and cricket. He is recognized as founder of the Gascón Lawn Tennis Club in Banfield, Buenos Aires and the Rowing Club in La Plata.

Titles St. Andrew's Primera División (1): 1891

Banfield Segunda División (1): 1899

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English footballer (1870-1953)

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Charles Douglas Moffatt was born on 5 July 1870 in London.

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Charles Douglas Moffatt died on 1 March 1953 in Buenos Aires.

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Charles Douglas Moffatt was an association football player.

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Charles Douglas Moffatt was British.

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· Wikipedia: Charles Douglas Moffatt

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