Alumni Athletic Club, or simply Alumni, was an Argentine football team active during the first years of the sport in that country. Although officially founded in 1898, the team had been formed in 1893 when a group of students from the Buenos Aires English High School joined Alexander Watson Hutton to form a team in order to participate in the championship organized by the Argentine Association Football League.
Alexander Watson Hutton, founder of Alumni and considered "the father" of Argentine football
Buenos Aires English High School team, circa 1899
The team of 1903, champions
Alumni won a total of four championships in 1906
Alexander Watson Hutton was a Scottish teacher and sportsman who is considered "The Father of Argentine football". In 1893 he founded the "Argentine Association Football League". He also founded the Buenos Aires English High School and football club Alumni, which was the most successful Argentine team with 22 titles won until its dissolution in 1911.
Photo of Watson Hutton, c. 1880.
Watson Hutton graveyard at Cementerio Británico of Buenos Aires.