Barr Theo: Creating Antonio Vega de Seoane
{{Short description|Spanish athlete, sports leader, businessman, and politician}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Antonio Vega de Seoane
| image = El alcalde de San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane y Echeverría con un grupo de hombres en un establecimiento hostelero (1 de 1) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg
| image_size = 225px
| caption = Antonio Vega de Seoane as the mayor of San Sebastián
| birth_name = Antonio Vega de Seoane Echeverría
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|01|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[San Sebastián]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|05|08|1887|01|07|df=y}}
| death_place = [[San Sebastián]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain
| resting_place = [[Poblenou Cemetery]]
| citizenship = Spanish
| known_for = Mayor of [[San Sebastián]] and president of the [[Real Sociedad]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Mining engineer
* Athlete
* Sports leader
* Businessman
* Politician}}
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| name = Antonio Vega de Seoane
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 1904–1905 |clubs1 = [[San Sebastián Recreation Club|San Sebastián RC]] |caps1 = |goals1 =
| years2 = 1905–1909 |clubs2 = [[Atlético Madrid]] |caps2 = |goals2 =
| years3 = 1909 |clubs3 = [[Athletic Bilbao|Athletic Club]] |caps3 = |goals3 =
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Antonio Vega de Seoane
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| office = Mayor of [[San Sebastián]]
| term_start = 1 October 1923
| term_end = 22 March 1924
| predecessor = [[Felipe Azkona]]
| successor = [[Juan José Prado]]
| office2 = 3rd president of the [[Real Sociedad]]
| term_start2 = 1915
| term_end2 = 1917
| predecessor2 = [[Enrique Pardiñas]]
| successor2 = Xabier Peña
| office3 = 9th president of the [[Real Sociedad]]
| term_start3 = 1924
| term_end3 = 1927
| predecessor3 = [[Ramón Machimbarrena]]
| successor3 = [[Luis Pradera]]
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'''Antonio Vega de Seoane Echeverría''' (7 January 1887 – 8 May 1943)<ref name=Geni>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Antonio-Vega-de-Seoane-y-Echeverría/6000000016784699019 |title=Antonio Vega de Seoane y Echeverría (1887 - 1943) - Genealogy |website=www.geni.com |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> was a Spanish mining engineer, businessman, and politician who served as a mayor of [[San Sebastián]] during the [[dictatorship of Primo de Rivera]].<ref name=Eusko>{{cite web |url=https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/es/vega-de-seoane-echeverria-antonio/ar-141829/ |title=Vega de Seoane Echeverria, Antonio |language=eu |website=aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> In his youth, he played both [[tennis]] and [[Association football|football]] for [[Atlético Madrid]] and [[Athletic Bilbao]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j305661.html |title=Vega, Antonio Vega de Seoane Etxeberria - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref><ref name=Bilbao>{{cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/antonio-vega-de-seoane-etxeberria |title=Vega de Seoane - Player: Key not found |website=www.athletic-club.eus |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> and then served as the president of [[Real Sociedad]] twice.<ref name=Pres>{{Cite web |url=https://cdn.realsociedad.eus/img/club/institutional/historico-presidentes.pdf |title=Presidentes |website=cdn.realsociedad.eus |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>
==Early and personal life==
Antonio Vega de Seoane was born on 7 January 1887 in San Sebastián, as the son of {{ill|Baldomero Vega de Seoane|es|lt=Baldomero Vega de Seoane}}, who was a military man and politician who served as a [[Congress of Deputies|Deputy]] for [[Pego, Alicante]].<ref name=Geni/>
In 1912, Vega de Seoane married [[Emilia Barroso]],<ref name=Geni/><ref name=Eusko/> daughter of the influential [[Conservative Party (Spain)|liberal]] politician {{ill|Antonio Barroso Castillo|es|lt=Antonio Barroso Castillo}}, who was a [[Ministry (government department)|minister]] in several cabinets between 1906 and 1916.<ref name=Eusko/> The couple had three children Antonio María, Eduardo, and Gonzalo.<ref name=Geni/><ref name=abc>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19430509-25.html |title=Necrológicas: Don Antonio Vega de Seoeane |trans-title=Obituaries: Don Antonio Vega de Seoeane |language=es |website=www.abc.es |publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |date=9 May 1943 |accessdate=27 April 2024 }}</ref> His first-born [[Antonio Vega de Seoane Barroso]] was also a mayor of San Sebastián and president of Real Sociedad.
==Sporting career==
In 1904, Vega de Seoane was among the founding members of [[San Sebastián Recreation Club]], which was the very first football club in San Sebastián, and together with [[Alfonso Sena]] and [[Juan Arzuaga]], he was then part of the Recreation Club side that played in the [[1905 Copa del Rey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1904-0511409.html |title=Squad of San Sebastián 1904-05 King's Cup |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> At the end of the season, he moved to [[Madrid]] to study mining engineering at the ''Escuela Superior de Minas'', and just like so many other students from that school, including [[Ricardo de Gondra]] and [[Raimundo Moreno]] ([[Pichichi (footballer)|Pichichi's]] brother), he began playing football in the ranks of Athletic Club de Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2008082...on/athleticmania/articulos/deia/articulo6.htm |title=Madrileños en el Athletic: artículo de Josu Turuzeta |trans-title=Madrileños in Athletic: article by Josu Turuzeta |language=es |website=web.archive.org |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> On 20 February 1907, Vega de Seoane appears in the club's board of directors chaired by Ricardo de Gondra as the first captain of the tennis section, with [[Fernando Asuero]] as the second captain.<ref name=Madrid>{{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080715/http://biblioteca.ucm.es/tesis/inf/ucm-t28898.pdf |title=1.3. La fundación del Athletic Club de Madrid |trans-title=1.3. The foundation of Athletic Club de Madrid |language=es |website=web.archive.org |page=131 |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>
His outstanding performances at the club led him to be loaned to Atlético's subsidiary, Athletic Bilbao, specifically for the [[1909 Copa del Rey]], where he played alongside the likes of [[Luis Saura del Pan]], [[Julián Ruete]], and [[André Didisheim]] as Bilbao were knocked out in the first round by [[Club Ciclista de San Sebastián#Football section|Club Ciclista of San Sebastián]].<ref name=Bilbao/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1908-096.html |title=Squad of Athletic Club 1908-09 King's Cup |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>
When he returned to his hometown, Vega de Seoane was elected as the [[Real Sociedad#Presidents|third president of Real Sociedad]] in 1915, a position that he held for two years until 1917, when he was replaced by Xabier Peña, but then served a second mandate between 1924 and 1927, when he already was the mayor of San Sebastián.<ref name=Pres/>
==Professional career==
As a Mining Engineer, Vega de Seoane practiced his profession in countless Spanish exploitations, and was also in charge of the [[Gipuzkoa]] fishing owners, creating various modern industries in [[Pasaia]].<ref name=Eusko/> He was president of the Spanish Federation of Fishing Owners<ref name=Eusko/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016031...1557/pdf.html?search="Antonio Vega de Seoane" |title=La federación de Armadores de buques de pesca |trans-title=The Federation of Fishing Vessel Owners |language=es |publisher=[[La Vanguardia]] |website=hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com |page=20 |date=29 September 1932 |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> and of the ''Asociación de Armadores y Ezportadores''.<ref name=abc/> His multiple industrial activities and his relevant performance in the cultural media earned him numerous relationships.<ref name=abc/>
==Politic career==
[[File:El alcalde de San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane y Echeverría con un grupo de hombres en un establecimiento hostelero (1 de 1) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The mayor of San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane, with a group of men in a hotel establishment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guregipuzkoa.eus/es/photo/?pid=133325 |title=El alcalde de San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane y Echeverría con un grupo de hombres en un establecimiento hostelero |trans-title=The mayor of San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane Echeverría, with a group of men in a hotel establishment |language=es |website=www.guregipuzkoa.eus |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>]]
He was mayor of the city of San Sebastián from 1 October 1923 until 22 March of the following year, thus becoming the first mayor of San Sebastián appointed by the government of the dictator [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]].<ref name=Eusko/> On 21 December 1923, he baptized the ''Orfeón de la [[Chestnut]]'' ahead of its performance that brought together a group of friends from the ''Gaztelupe'' Society, which did not have a [[piano]], hence rehearsing the performance at the ''Círculo Tradicionalista'', on the first floor of Calle Mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gaztelubide.org/es/orfeon-fanfare.php |title=Orfeón y Fanfare de Gaztelubide |trans-title=Orfeón and Fanfare of Gaztelubide |language=es |website=www.gaztelubide.org |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>
He resigned a few months after exercising his mandate, dissatisfied with the government of Primo de Rivera, but in the following years, he continued to be connected with municipal politics.
==Death==
Vega de Seoane died on 8 May 1943 in San Sebastián, at the age of 56.<ref name=abc/> His mortal remains were buried in the [[Poblenou Cemetery]] and the funeral ceremonies were held in the [[parish church]] of [[Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus|Santa María]], constituted two major stages of mourning.<ref name=abc/>
==References==
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[[Category:1943 deaths]]
[[Category:Spanish engineers]]
[[Category:Spanish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bilbao]]
[[Category:Athletic Bilbao footballers]]
[[Category:Atlético Madrid footballers]]
[[Category:Spanish tennis players]]
[[Category:Spanish sportspeople]]
[[Category:Spanish businesspeople]]
[[Category:Spanish politicians]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from San Sebastián]]
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{{Short description|Spanish athlete, sports leader, businessman, and politician}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Antonio Vega de Seoane
| image = El alcalde de San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane y Echeverría con un grupo de hombres en un establecimiento hostelero (1 de 1) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg
| image_size = 225px
| caption = Antonio Vega de Seoane as the mayor of San Sebastián
| birth_name = Antonio Vega de Seoane Echeverría
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|01|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[San Sebastián]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|05|08|1887|01|07|df=y}}
| death_place = [[San Sebastián]], [[Basque Country (autonomous community)|Basque Country]], Spain
| resting_place = [[Poblenou Cemetery]]
| citizenship = Spanish
| known_for = Mayor of [[San Sebastián]] and president of the [[Real Sociedad]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
* Mining engineer
* Athlete
* Sports leader
* Businessman
* Politician}}
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| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| years1 = 1904–1905 |clubs1 = [[San Sebastián Recreation Club|San Sebastián RC]] |caps1 = |goals1 =
| years2 = 1905–1909 |clubs2 = [[Atlético Madrid]] |caps2 = |goals2 =
| years3 = 1909 |clubs3 = [[Athletic Bilbao|Athletic Club]] |caps3 = |goals3 =
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| name = Antonio Vega de Seoane
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| office = Mayor of [[San Sebastián]]
| term_start = 1 October 1923
| term_end = 22 March 1924
| predecessor = [[Felipe Azkona]]
| successor = [[Juan José Prado]]
| office2 = 3rd president of the [[Real Sociedad]]
| term_start2 = 1915
| term_end2 = 1917
| predecessor2 = [[Enrique Pardiñas]]
| successor2 = Xabier Peña
| office3 = 9th president of the [[Real Sociedad]]
| term_start3 = 1924
| term_end3 = 1927
| predecessor3 = [[Ramón Machimbarrena]]
| successor3 = [[Luis Pradera]]
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'''Antonio Vega de Seoane Echeverría''' (7 January 1887 – 8 May 1943)<ref name=Geni>{{cite web |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Antonio-Vega-de-Seoane-y-Echeverría/6000000016784699019 |title=Antonio Vega de Seoane y Echeverría (1887 - 1943) - Genealogy |website=www.geni.com |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> was a Spanish mining engineer, businessman, and politician who served as a mayor of [[San Sebastián]] during the [[dictatorship of Primo de Rivera]].<ref name=Eusko>{{cite web |url=https://aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus/es/vega-de-seoane-echeverria-antonio/ar-141829/ |title=Vega de Seoane Echeverria, Antonio |language=eu |website=aunamendi.eusko-ikaskuntza.eus |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> In his youth, he played both [[tennis]] and [[Association football|football]] for [[Atlético Madrid]] and [[Athletic Bilbao]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j305661.html |title=Vega, Antonio Vega de Seoane Etxeberria - Footballer |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref><ref name=Bilbao>{{cite web |url=https://www.athletic-club.eus/en/players/antonio-vega-de-seoane-etxeberria |title=Vega de Seoane - Player: Key not found |website=www.athletic-club.eus |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> and then served as the president of [[Real Sociedad]] twice.<ref name=Pres>{{Cite web |url=https://cdn.realsociedad.eus/img/club/institutional/historico-presidentes.pdf |title=Presidentes |website=cdn.realsociedad.eus |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>
==Early and personal life==
Antonio Vega de Seoane was born on 7 January 1887 in San Sebastián, as the son of {{ill|Baldomero Vega de Seoane|es|lt=Baldomero Vega de Seoane}}, who was a military man and politician who served as a [[Congress of Deputies|Deputy]] for [[Pego, Alicante]].<ref name=Geni/>
In 1912, Vega de Seoane married [[Emilia Barroso]],<ref name=Geni/><ref name=Eusko/> daughter of the influential [[Conservative Party (Spain)|liberal]] politician {{ill|Antonio Barroso Castillo|es|lt=Antonio Barroso Castillo}}, who was a [[Ministry (government department)|minister]] in several cabinets between 1906 and 1916.<ref name=Eusko/> The couple had three children Antonio María, Eduardo, and Gonzalo.<ref name=Geni/><ref name=abc>{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.es/archivo/periodicos/abc-madrid-19430509-25.html |title=Necrológicas: Don Antonio Vega de Seoeane |trans-title=Obituaries: Don Antonio Vega de Seoeane |language=es |website=www.abc.es |publisher=[[ABC (newspaper)|ABC]] |date=9 May 1943 |accessdate=27 April 2024 }}</ref> His first-born [[Antonio Vega de Seoane Barroso]] was also a mayor of San Sebastián and president of Real Sociedad.
==Sporting career==
In 1904, Vega de Seoane was among the founding members of [[San Sebastián Recreation Club]], which was the very first football club in San Sebastián, and together with [[Alfonso Sena]] and [[Juan Arzuaga]], he was then part of the Recreation Club side that played in the [[1905 Copa del Rey]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1904-0511409.html |title=Squad of San Sebastián 1904-05 King's Cup |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> At the end of the season, he moved to [[Madrid]] to study mining engineering at the ''Escuela Superior de Minas'', and just like so many other students from that school, including [[Ricardo de Gondra]] and [[Raimundo Moreno]] ([[Pichichi (footballer)|Pichichi's]] brother), he began playing football in the ranks of Athletic Club de Madrid.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2008082...on/athleticmania/articulos/deia/articulo6.htm |title=Madrileños en el Athletic: artículo de Josu Turuzeta |trans-title=Madrileños in Athletic: article by Josu Turuzeta |language=es |website=web.archive.org |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> On 20 February 1907, Vega de Seoane appears in the club's board of directors chaired by Ricardo de Gondra as the first captain of the tennis section, with [[Fernando Asuero]] as the second captain.<ref name=Madrid>{{Cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407080715/http://biblioteca.ucm.es/tesis/inf/ucm-t28898.pdf |title=1.3. La fundación del Athletic Club de Madrid |trans-title=1.3. The foundation of Athletic Club de Madrid |language=es |website=web.archive.org |page=131 |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>
His outstanding performances at the club led him to be loaned to Atlético's subsidiary, Athletic Bilbao, specifically for the [[1909 Copa del Rey]], where he played alongside the likes of [[Luis Saura del Pan]], [[Julián Ruete]], and [[André Didisheim]] as Bilbao were knocked out in the first round by [[Club Ciclista de San Sebastián#Football section|Club Ciclista of San Sebastián]].<ref name=Bilbao/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/t/t1908-096.html |title=Squad of Athletic Club 1908-09 King's Cup |website=www.bdfutbol.com |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>
When he returned to his hometown, Vega de Seoane was elected as the [[Real Sociedad#Presidents|third president of Real Sociedad]] in 1915, a position that he held for two years until 1917, when he was replaced by Xabier Peña, but then served a second mandate between 1924 and 1927, when he already was the mayor of San Sebastián.<ref name=Pres/>
==Professional career==
As a Mining Engineer, Vega de Seoane practiced his profession in countless Spanish exploitations, and was also in charge of the [[Gipuzkoa]] fishing owners, creating various modern industries in [[Pasaia]].<ref name=Eusko/> He was president of the Spanish Federation of Fishing Owners<ref name=Eusko/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://web.archive.org/web/2016031...1557/pdf.html?search="Antonio Vega de Seoane" |title=La federación de Armadores de buques de pesca |trans-title=The Federation of Fishing Vessel Owners |language=es |publisher=[[La Vanguardia]] |website=hemeroteca.lavanguardia.com |page=20 |date=29 September 1932 |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref> and of the ''Asociación de Armadores y Ezportadores''.<ref name=abc/> His multiple industrial activities and his relevant performance in the cultural media earned him numerous relationships.<ref name=abc/>
==Politic career==
[[File:El alcalde de San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane y Echeverría con un grupo de hombres en un establecimiento hostelero (1 de 1) - Fondo Marín-Kutxa Fototeka.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The mayor of San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane, with a group of men in a hotel establishment.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.guregipuzkoa.eus/es/photo/?pid=133325 |title=El alcalde de San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane y Echeverría con un grupo de hombres en un establecimiento hostelero |trans-title=The mayor of San Sebastián, Antonio Vega de Seoane Echeverría, with a group of men in a hotel establishment |language=es |website=www.guregipuzkoa.eus |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>]]
He was mayor of the city of San Sebastián from 1 October 1923 until 22 March of the following year, thus becoming the first mayor of San Sebastián appointed by the government of the dictator [[Miguel Primo de Rivera]].<ref name=Eusko/> On 21 December 1923, he baptized the ''Orfeón de la [[Chestnut]]'' ahead of its performance that brought together a group of friends from the ''Gaztelupe'' Society, which did not have a [[piano]], hence rehearsing the performance at the ''Círculo Tradicionalista'', on the first floor of Calle Mayor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gaztelubide.org/es/orfeon-fanfare.php |title=Orfeón y Fanfare de Gaztelubide |trans-title=Orfeón and Fanfare of Gaztelubide |language=es |website=www.gaztelubide.org |access-date=27 April 2024 }}</ref>
He resigned a few months after exercising his mandate, dissatisfied with the government of Primo de Rivera, but in the following years, he continued to be connected with municipal politics.
==Death==
Vega de Seoane died on 8 May 1943 in San Sebastián, at the age of 56.<ref name=abc/> His mortal remains were buried in the [[Poblenou Cemetery]] and the funeral ceremonies were held in the [[parish church]] of [[Basilica of Saint Mary of the Chorus|Santa María]], constituted two major stages of mourning.<ref name=abc/>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vega de Seoane, Antonio}}
[[Category:1887 births]]
[[Category:1943 deaths]]
[[Category:Spanish engineers]]
[[Category:Spanish men's footballers]]
[[Category:Men's association football forwards]]
[[Category:Footballers from Bilbao]]
[[Category:Athletic Bilbao footballers]]
[[Category:Atlético Madrid footballers]]
[[Category:Spanish tennis players]]
[[Category:Spanish sportspeople]]
[[Category:Spanish businesspeople]]
[[Category:Spanish politicians]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from San Sebastián]]
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