Ramón Colón

Ramón Colón Acevedo (22 March 1916 – 1999) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Atlético Madrid.

He later became a manager, taking charge over Atlético Madrid, Real Murcia, and Rayo Vallecano.

Playing career Born in Madrid on 22 March 1916, Colón began playing football at his hometown club in Imperio CF in 1939, which at the time served as a subsidiary of Atlético Madrid, then known as Atlético Aviación, which signed him in 1940. In June 1941, he started for Aviación in both legs of the final of the 1940–41 Copa Presidente Federación Castellana against Real Madrid, which ended in a 3–1 victory on aggregate.

Colón then played for Salamanca and Chamberí FC before retiring in the late 1940s. In January 1953, he was promoted to the first team to replace Helenio Herrera when he was dismissed. He was dismissed at the start of the 1953–54 campaign after only five days, and in the following summer, he joined Real Murcia. with the journalist Juan Antonio Calvo, the head of the sports section of the La Verdad newspaper stating that "of the eleven times that Murcia has risen to the First Division, it has never done so with such little suffering and as much anticipation as the one that has just occurred".

Colón later coached Málaga (1955–56), Rayo Vallecano (1956–58 and 1959–61), Badajoz (1958–59), and Salamanca (1963–64). and the National team.

Death Ramón Colón died in 1999, at the age of either 82 or 83.