Frank K. Chevallier Boutell
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| Born | Frank Kitchener Chevallier Boutell García Osorio January 25, 1899 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | January 24, 1974 (aged 84) Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Frank K. Chevallier Boutell (1899–1974) was an Argentine lawyer,[1] and sportsman. He was player and vice president of the Club Universitario de Buenos Aires,[2] and treasurer of the Argentine Rugby Union (UAR).[3]
Sport career
Chevallier Boutell began his career playing in the Buenos Aires F.C., then he played in Universitario, team where he won the URBA championship of 1931. He was the vice-president of Universitario and of the Argentine Rugby Union in 1949–1950.[4]
Chevallier Boutell served also as honorary secretary of the same institution in 1932.[5] He serves as president of CUBA between 1958 and 1960.[3]
Sports executive
As treasurer of the UAR (then "Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata"), in 1949 Chevallier Boutell organized a fundraiser to secure a visit from France national team, the first tour a top-level international team had ever undertaken in the country. Chevallier Boutell first traveled to France to arrange the invitation and then took charge of the campaign to raise the necessary funds, as the Union lacked the required resources.[3] Some local clubs also helped the initiative, Hindú Club gave its training field in Don Torcuato while Gimnasia y Esgrima de Buenos Aires (mostly known as "GEBA") gave its stadium, Estadio GEBA, for the matches held in Buenos Aires.[6]
Boutell also made the arrangements to get loans from the Banco de Londres and Banco de América del Sud. The France tour on Argentina was not only a landmark for Argentine rugby but a financial success so the Union totalised revenues for m$n 72,308,69, an amount higher than ever before.[3]
Personal life
He was born in Quilmes, son of Arthur Brandon Chevallier Boutell, born in England, and María Josefina García Osorio, belonging to an ancient family of Creole roots.[7] He was graduated as a lawyer at the University of Buenos Aires.[8]
Boutell was nephew of Francis Hepburn Chevallier-Boutell, president of the Argentine Football Association between 1900 and 1906.[6]
Frank K. Chevallier Boutell was married with Raquel Benegas Lynch, a distinguished lady descendant of Justo Pastor Lynch and Miguel de Riglos Bástida.[9]
References
- ^ Historia del Colegio de Abogados de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, Alberto David Leiva, 2002, ISBN 9789508943637
- ^ Historia del Club Universitario de Buenos Aires, 1918--11 de mayo--1968, Jorge Newton, Club Universitario de Buenos Aires, 1968
- ^ a b c d Frank Chevallier Boutell, el patriarca que cuidaba los pesos de la Unión Argentina de Rugby by Jorge Búsico on La Nación. 25 May 2023
- ^ Memoria y Balance (PDF), Unión Argentina de Rugby, archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03
- ^ La Unión de Rugby del Río de la Plata, temporada de 1932 Presentados (PDF), Unión Argentina de Rugby, archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-11-01
- ^ a b El bisabuelo de Maratea, impulsor de las colectas en otros tiempos by Luca Palmas on Deportea. 13 May 2023
- ^ Los Chevallier Boutell en el Río de la Plata, José Alfredo Chevallier Boutell, 1998, ISBN 9789879959473
- ^ The Review of the River Plate, 1973, 1973
- ^ Boletín del Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, Número 162, Instituto Argentino de Ciencias Genealógicas, 1989