Alfred C. Crowle

Alfred C. Crowle (* in England, † unknown ) was an English football player and coach in Mexico.

Biography

Prehistory

In 1900, the British mining company Pachuca and Real del Monte began its activities in the Mexican city of Pachuca, the capital of the state of Hidalgo, on. The predominantly British workforce brought to the football and founded towards the end of 1900, the Pachuca Athletic Club, which is considered oldest existing football club in Mexico.

Player

" Alfredo " Crowle, as he was soon called by the native population, emigrated probably in the early years of the 20th century with his parents to Mexico and played in 1904 in the youth ranks of the Pachuca AC. In the 1908/09 season he was promoted to the first team and soon became an important part of the same. In the seasons 1910/11 and 1914 /15 of the unerring Crowle twice won the top scorer of the Primera Fuerza and 1917/18 he was a member of the champion team of Pachuca AC.

Club coach

After he finished his playing career, he coached Pachuca AC and led him to the championship of the Liga Mexicana in the season 1919/20.

Co-founder of Club Necaxa

The following year, the team fell apart the Pachuca AC and Alfred Crowle, whose fame extended far beyond Pachuca addition, screwed up in 1921 in the capital to the Cia. Luz y Fuerza de work. Their managing director William H. Frasser, an influential businessman and football enthusiast, Crowle asked her to help him build a new football club. Together they merged founded by Luz y Fuerza Frasser teams and Tranvias with effect from August 21, 1923 at Club Necaxa.

Coach

1935 Crowle acted as coach of Mexico and may - in terms of his success - as the most successful coach in the history of the Mexican national soccer team are; because under his reign, won the selection of Mexico, which was mainly formed from the dominant players at the time, Club Necaxa, all games. Such a success rate recorded only eight national coach in the history of Mexican football. However, while the other seven coaches were only responsible for one to three matches, Crowle oversaw the team five times. At the same time in these games the national team also won her first international title: the 1935 Central American Championships in El Salvador. The following results (in each case from the perspective of Mexico) are evidence of the absolute dominance of Mexicans in this tournament: