Herbert Kilpin
Herbert Kilpin
Herbert Kilpin ( born January 24, 1870 in Nottingham, England; † October 22, 1916 in Milan, Italy ) was an English football player and coach.
Kilpin was among the founders of AC Milan and is considered one of the pioneers of Italian football. He was a versatile player who could be used in almost any position.
- 2.1 As a player
- 2.2 As a coach
Life and career
Herbert Kilpin was born on 24 January 1870 as the son of a butcher in Nottingham, where he grew up as the youngest of nine siblings. After leaving school, he worked in a warehouse for lace fabrics in the city.
Already at that time the Englishman was involved an avid soccer player and already at the age of 13 years to the founding of a small amateur clubs, which was named after the Italian national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi and his players wore red jerseys on the basis of the red shirts.
From England to Italy
Kilpin continued his football career until 1891 as a defensive midfielder or at Notts Olympic and St. Andrews, a church team that played in the vicinity of the Forest Recreation Ground, continued.
In 1891 Herbert Kilpin went to Turin in Italy to work for Edoardo Bosio, had an Italian-Swiss Mercer, the relations to Nottingham. In the same year Bosio founded in Turin in the club Internazionale Torino, which ever is considered the first Italian football club. Kilpin played for this club, thereby becoming the first English football Legionary history. In 1898 he took part with the club at the inaugural Italian football championship, where you failed in the final on Genoa. In the following year, the Turin club was defeated the Genoese in the finals.
Founding of AC Milan
As early as 1898 Herbert Kilpin had left with his friend Samuel Richard Davies Turin to Milan. The following year, the two were among the founders of AC Milan, which was founded on 16 December 1899 as Milan Foot - Ball and Cricket Club. The first elected president of the association, Alfred Edwards, while Kilpin, who was the most experienced in the leadership team, and served as player-coach of the then oldest players on the team, David Allison, Team Captain was.
The newly formed club was an immediate success. In 1901 they won the first Italian championship in club history in the second year of existence. In 1906 came the second title, again with Kilpin as a field player and coach. In 1906, the Englishman was replaced as Milan coach Daniele Angeloni, who had finished his playing career in the previous year. Herbert Kilpin ran until 1908 for the Milan club and won in 1907 the third and last Scudetto his career. In total he graduated in ten years 23 championship games for Milan, scoring seven goals.
Retirement and death
Herbert Kilpin ended his active career in 1908. After that, nothing is known about his life. He died on 22 October 1916 at the age of 46 in Milan, possibly from the effects of smoking and drinking habits.
In the 1990s, became his grave, which was considered lost long, rediscovered by the Italian amateur historian Luigi La Rocca on a municipal cemetery in Milan. It bore no name information and was located on a part of the cemetery, on which only Protestants were buried. In 1999, the year of the 100th anniversary of the club AC Milan, Kilpins remains were transferred to the Cimitero Monumental di Milano, where he was the club donated a new grave stone.
Achievements
As a player
- Italian Championship: 1901, 1906, 1907
- Medaglia del Re: 1900, 1901, 1902
As a coach
- Italian Championship: 1901, 1906