Manuel Lemmel

Manuel Lemmel
Personal information
Full name Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina
Date of birth (1894-03-26)26 March 1894
Place of birth Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1913 FC Barcelona
1913 Universitari SC
1913–1916 Espanyol
Managerial career
1924–1925 Stadium Zaragoza
1928–1929 Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina (26 March 1894 – unknown) was a Spanish footballer who played as a midfielder for FC Barcelona and Espanyol in the 1910s.[1][2][3]

He also briefly worked as a referee in the early 1920s,[4] and later as a manager in the late 1920s.[5] His brother, Pablo, also played for Espanyol.[1]

Sporting career

Football career

Born on 26 March 1894 in Barcelona, Lemmel began his career at his hometown club Barcelona in 1912, aged 18, for he played a total of four matches, albeit all unofficial.[3] He spent the final part of the 1912–13 season at Universitari SC,[6] and then joined the ranks of RCD Espanyol, where he stayed for three seasons, helping his side win the Catalan championship in the 1914–15 season.[1]

Athletic career

Lemmel was an outstanding high jumper, running 11.8 seconds in the 100 meters and jumping 1.55 in the high jump, both in 1912.[7]

Refereeing career

Once he retired from active sports, Lemmel became a football referee, an activity in which he excelled, directing a few Catalan Championship matches in the early 1920s.[4]

Managerial career

Lemmel was Paco Bru's assistant in the Spanish national team that participated in the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp. He also coached Stadium Zaragoza in 1924–25 and Cultural y Deportiva Leonesa in 1928–29.[5]

Death

It is not known for certain when he died. The last information about him in newspaper archives dates from late 1934.[8] He was buried in the Montjuïc Cemetery.[9]

Honours

Espanyol

References

  1. ^ a b c "Manuel LEMMEL Malo de Molina". periquito.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  2. ^ "Lemmel, Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Manuel Lemmel Malo De Molina stats". players.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Lemmel, Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina - Referee". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Lemmel, Manuel Lemmel Malo de Molina - Manager". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Numancia - Universitario". hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 February 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Fútbol y atletismo: una conexión evidente" [Football and athletics: an obvious connection] (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  8. ^ "Futbol - Assemblea del Col·legi Català d'Àrbitres" [Football - Assembly of the Catalan Referees' Association]. arca.bnc.cat (in Catalan). Los Deportes. 2 September 1934. p. 17. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
  9. ^ "Nota dels Serveis Funeraris de Barcelona" [Note from the Barcelona Funeral Services]. pandora.girona.cat (in Catalan). 18 June 1999. p. 24. Retrieved 29 December 2024.