Pedro Chillida

Pedro Chillida Aramburu (24 November 1889 – 1956) was a Spanish soldier who served as the second president of football club Real Sociedad between 1942 and 1945.

He was the father of the famous sculptor Eduardo Chillida, notable for his monumental abstract works.

Military career Pedro Chillida graduated from the Toledo Infantry Academy in 1909. He participated in the first phases of the Rif War and was decorated several times, having at that time the rank of first lieutenant.

Chillida belonged to the ultra-Catholic group Basque Right (DVA), which since the founding of the Second Spanish Republic conspired to restore the monarchy. An infantry captain, Chillida was one of the leaders who organized paramilitary groups for the coup, being one of the four men who organized the coup d'état of 18 July 1936 in San Sebastián, which was neutralized by the anarchists; the failure of the coup attempt was such that by noon of that same day, Chillida's group, made up of DVA and Renovación Española militants, had dissolved and its members tried to return to their daily lives so as not to be identified as coup plotters. Chillida was a red hunter until he retired in 1951; he became a military judge in unfair trials held in the first post-war months in Catalonia, where he decided whether the accused should die or not.

Pedro Chillida reached the rank of army commander during his military career.

Sporting career Chillida took over the presidency of Real Sociedad after the resignation of Francisco Molins in 1942 following the club's relegation to the Segunda División. Thanks to Díaz, Real Sociedad returned to the First Division the following year, achieving direct promotion along with Sabadell. The family settles in Plaza Zaragoza in San Sebastián, next to the Hotel Biarritz, property of Carmen Juantegui's family.

Chillida died in 1956, at the age of either 66 or 67.