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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

1 of 4 #scotsfoundedfootball Arnoldo Pencliffe Watson Hutton born on this day in Buenos Aires 1886. Son of the founder of Argentine Football: Alexander. Some pedigree to live up to, but Arnoldo managed it. He is a great example of Scottish assimilation into the dominant, majority culture.

Arnoldo Pencliffe Watson Hutton. Son of Alexander the 'Father'
of Argentine Football and Argentine internationalist. He is wearing the red and white striped shirt of Alumni - the team founded for former pupils of his father's school - the Buenos Aires English High School.

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ScotsFoundedFootball @gedboy58.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

2 of 4 It goes without saying that he played for Alumni - the team of his father. The first great Argentine team. He studied in Scotland and Germany at the turn of the century and returned to win the 1906 Primera Division with Alumni.

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