Alumni Athletic Club
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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
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
Tie Cup
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The Tie Cup Competition was an international football tournament played between representatives of the Argentina and Uruguay Associations. It was one of the earliest international football tournaments
Alumni Athletic Club
…The 1901 team won all its games, scoring 12 goals and only receiving 1 in 6 matches played. Alumni also won its first international competition, the Tie Cup where teams from Buenos Aires, Rosario and Montevideo took part. The squad defeated Rosario Athletic by 2–1 at the final. In 1902 Alumni finished…
Francis Chevallier-Boutell donated the trophy
Rosario A.C., 1904 winner
Argentine club Alumni (posing with the cup among other trophies) is the most winning team with 6 titles
Montevideo Wanderers with the trophy in 1911