History Lobos Athletic Club
the first football team, 1892.
in first meeting, on sunday 3 july 1892, lobos athletic founded. according club s founding act, purpose of creating club serve entertainment youth of lobos, living in town life monotonous , boring. entertainment possible through football, practised following association rules
lobos athletic first club host practise of football in buenos aires province, of these footballing techniques being taught later in 1900s irish immigrant [patrick (paddy) mccarthy] arrived in buenos aires in 1900 @ age of 29 teach english , athletics @ commerce school. edmundo kirk elected first president, while tomás moore first captain club. other persons took part in club s foundation carlos page, patricio kirk, tomás mackeon, tomás garraham, santiago mackeon, eugenio seery, juan geoghehan, josé garrahan, lorenzo owens, felix dolan, hugo lawlor, eduardo walsh, william weir, josé joyce, eusebio eguino, eduardo slamon , eduardo burbridge jr.
those young people studied @ english high school of buenos aires (where legendary team alumni founded) , because of contacts other students, lobos ac played matches facing once de carlos bowers, ferrocarril sud, quilmes, st. andrew s , english high school, of them in 1893. same year team changed original colors (blue , white) differ other teams had adopted blue. reason, lobos switched red , black, definitive colors of club. likewise, lobos ac s first field placed in land buenos aires western railway allowed them use.
during first years of football in argentina, lobos runner-up in 1898 , 1899, following lomas a.c., strong team then. in july 30, 1899, lobos first argentine football team go on tour outside argentina, playing friendly matches in uruguay squad achieved notable 2–0 victory on curcc (current peñarol).
that same year argentine association football league ruled clubs should fields located no more 30 km city of buenos aires, caused lobos ac disaffiliated union.
in 1902, 3 lobos ac footballers called argentina national team play against uruguay: walter buchanan, carlos buchanan , juan moore took part of team defeated uruguayan squad 6–0 in historic first match between both teams, later known rioplatense derby , 1 of important of south american football.
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