Antonio Bilbao La Vieja

Antonio Bilbao
	Bilbao la Vieja covered on ; El Gráfico, July 1924.
Birth name	Antonio Alfredo Bilbao la Vieja y Rosende Mitre
Date of birth	1892
Place of birth	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date of death	January 6, 1980.
Place of death	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Rugby league career
Amateur team(s)
Rugby union career
Amateur team(s)
Teams coached
Years	Team
1927	Argentina

Antonio Bilbao La Vieja (1892–1980) was an Argentine architect and rugby union footballer. He spent his whole sports career at San Isidro.[1][2] And was the coach of the Argentina national team in 1927.[3]

Biography

The San Isidro team of 1922.

Antonio Bilbao was born in Buenos Aires, son of Antonio Gervasio Bilbao and Edelmira Felisa Rosende Mitre, of Creoles origin. Their more remote ancestors were from La Rioja (Spain).[4] He was an important Argentine architect, his first job was to build a great neighborhood park in La Tablada, (Greater Buenos Aires).[5] Bilbao was Assistant Professor of Architecture Theory at University of Buenos Aires.[6] And was member of the Scientific Society Argentina.[7]

Bilbao began his sporting career playing in Estudiantes de La Plata. Later he played for San Isidro, club where was captain and coach.[8] He was also head coach of the Argentina national rugby union team.[9]

In the 1950s, Bilbao was part of the executive committee of the Argentine Rugby Union.[10]

All of them won with the Club Atlético San Isidro:

Torneo de la URBA (15): 1917, 1918, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1933, 1934

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