Tomas Agirre Lekube

Tomas Agirre Lekube (Basque: [to'mas agire lekube]) (31 January 1912 - 1979),[2] was a footballer from Bilbao in the Basque Country in northern Spain, who played as a midfielder.

Tomas Agirre
Personal information
Full name Tomas Agirre Lekube
Date of birth (1912-01-31)31 January 1912
Place of birth Bilbao, Spain
Place of death Getxo, Bizkaia
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 6 1⁄2 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
193?–1935 CD Getxo ? (?)
1935–1936 Arenas Club de Getxo ? (?)
1938–1939 Club Deportivo Euzkadi 1 (0)
1939–194? Club Asturias ? (?)
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1937–1938 Basque Country 24 (0)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Agirre and the second or maternal family name is Lekube.

Career

He began his football career at CD Getxo,[3] a team which gained steady progression though the minor leagues of Basque football.[4] In 1935 he joined Arenas Club de Getxo which was playing in La Liga[5][6] where he played until the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. Some sources claim he then travelled to France where he played for the newly formed Nîmes Olympique.[7]

In 1937, when the Basque Country was invaded by fascist forces during the Spanish Civil War, he joined in the Basque national team for its tour of Latin America from 1937 to 1938.[8][9] Towards the end of 1938 he joined Club Deportivo Euzkadi which played the Primera Fuerza league in Mexico.[10] The following year he joined Club Asturias also in Mexico,[11][12] after which became a football coach.[13]

Personal life

Agirre was the sixth of ten children born to his parents, Teodoro Agirre Barrenechea-Arando and Bernardina Lekube Aramburu.[2] He got married in 1957 to Begoña Erkiaga Lejarraga.[13][14] His brother José Antonio Agirre, also a footballer with Athletic Bilbao,[15][16] went on to become the first President of the Basque Country.[8][10]

References
  1. "Tomás Aguirre Lecube". pares.mcu.es/MovimientosMigratorios. Secretaría de Estado de Cultura de España( Spanish Government). Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. "Introduction" (PDF). bizkaia.eus. Diputación Foral de Bizkaia. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  3. "CD Getxo". Pinterest. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  4. "C.D. GETXO". cdgetxo.com. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  5. "Rafael Egusquiza". memoriasdelfutbolvasco.wordpress.com. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  6. Ruiz, Antonio. "Un Siglo de Arenas Club Page 68" (PDF). arenasclub.com. Comisión organizadora del Centenario del Arenas Club. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  7. "Selección de Euskadi en el exilio, 1937". Diario de Navarra. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  8. "Rafael Egusquiza". memoriasdelfutbolvasco.wordpress.com. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  9. Bueno, Juan Antonio (2011). Historia del fútbol, Volume 1. Chapter 2.11.1: Edaf. ISBN 978-8441421592. Retrieved 12 November 2016.CS1 maint: location (link)
  10. Goiogana, Iñaki. "Diario de José Antonio Agirre. Page 3" (PDF). lehendakariagirre.eu. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
  11. "Tomás Aguirre y Lecube". euskomedia.org. Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  12. "Photograph: Fútbol. Equipo mexicano Asturias con los jugadores vascos". euskomedia.org. Auñamendi Eusko Entziklopedia. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
  13. Zamora, Gerson. "El Equipo de futbol Euzkadi en Mexico, 1937-39, biography section" (PDF). Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  14. "DE ERQUIAGA LEJARRAGA,Mª BEGOÑA". El Correo. 28 December 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  15. "JOSÉ ANTONIO AGUIRRE Y LECUBE" (PDF). bizkaia.eus. Grafi denda. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  16. "José Antonio Agirre". Athletic Bilbao. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
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