José García-Cernuda

José María García-Cernuda Estrada de Nora (17 March 1888 – 2 September 1977 ) was a Spanish politician and sports leader. He was a president of the , a vice president of the Spanish football club Atlético Madrid, and the manager of the Spain national football team between 1923 and 1924. Cernuda was a member of the and a civil governor of both Guadalajara and Gipuzkoa during the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera.

Early and personal life José María García-Cernuda was born on 17 March 1888 in Madrid, as the son of José García-Cernuda Miranda (1850–?) and María del Carmen Teresa Estrada de Nora Alvarez (1852–1931), the second Marquesa de los Altares, daughter of Saturnino Calleja, owner of Editorial Calleja.

Due to his honesty, he had strong disputes in the City Council, both against the opposition and within his own party. In this way, in December 1920, after a strong discussion, even coming to blows, he requested his resignation as deputy mayor irrevocably. In the 1922–23 season, he was called by Julián Ruete, the then president of Athletic de Madrid, to become vice president of the club, replacing Manuel Ansoleaga. Shortly after, on 22 June 1923, he was appointed general secretary of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF).

Later life At the beginning of April 1924, Cernuda was elected Civil Governor of Guadalajara, for which he immediately resigned from the position he held at the Royal Spanish Football Federation. where he remained in office until 2 February 1926.

After the murder of his friend and, fearing for his life, Cernuda had to take refuge in the Mexican embassy at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. However, he did not consent to be evacuated, since his wife Isabel Calleja had been detained. At the end of the Civil War, he continued to practice his work as a lawyer, being one of the most prestigious jurists in the capital, to the point that the Illustrious Bar Association of Madrid awarded him the Plaque of Honor for his 50 years of profession. In 1974, Cernuda was awarded the silver medal for Sports Merit for being one of the first directors of federated Spanish sports.

Death Cernuda died in Oviedo, Asturias, on 2 September 1977, at the age of 89.