Eduardo Montejo

Eduardo María Montejo Aristegui (15 August 1879 – 14 April 1962) was a Spanish footballer who played as a forward for Athletic Club.^[1] Although little has been recorded of his life, he was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of Athletic Club, being among the 7 founders of the club in 1898, and then serving the club as a forward, netting a goal in the 1903 Copa del Rey Final, which was the club's first-ever official title.^[2]

Eduardo Montejo

Personal information
Full name	Eduardo María Montejo Aristegui
Date of birth	(1879-08-15)15 August 1879
Place of birth	Deusto, Biscay
Date of death	14 April 1962(1962-04-14) (aged 82)
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1902–1904	Athletic Club	2	(1)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

Born in Biscay, Montejo was one of the 7 students belonging to the Gymnasium Zamacois who founded the Athletic Club in 1898.^[3] Although the club was founded in 1898, Athletic was not officially established until 5 September 1901, in the infamous meeting held in the Café García, in which Montejo was one of the 33 socios (co-founders) of the club.^[4]

He then become one of the first footballers of the newly formed Athletic Club, playing as a forward. Together with Juan Astorquia, Alejandro de la Sota, Armand Cazeaux and Walter Evans, he was part of the team that won the first-ever Copa del Rey in 1903, in which Montejo contributed with the equaliser to level it at 2–2 in an eventual 3–2 comeback win over Madrid FC in the final.^[5] In the 1904 Copa del Rey Final, Athletic were declared winners again without playing a match after their opponents failed to turn up.^[6]

Honours

• Copa del Rey: 1903 and 1904