Manuel Gourlade, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Football manager
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Place of Birth: Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal
About Manuel Gourlade
- Manuel Gourlade (25 October 1872 – 1 January 1944) was the first manager of S.L.
- Benfica and one of driving forces that led to the creation of Sport Lisboa that 4 years later would be known as Sport Lisboa e Benfica.Little is known about him.
- He was born in Lisbon, came from a family with money, studied at Colégio Nobre de Carvalho and worked as an employee at Fármacia Franco (a community pharmacy) where a meeting took place for the signing of Sport Lisboa foundation act.
- He was chosen to do treasury management in the Administrative Board.He helped funding the club with his own money: the ball bought from Lisbon Cricket Club for 150$ Reais, the translation from English to Portuguese, of the Laws of the game for 2500$ Reais, plus ordered from London, a whistle and another 3 balls.
- He managed the club for 2 seasons, with a total of 16 games resulting in 8 wins and 8 losses.
- Later, Cosme Damião replaced him as coach.He remained close to the club but because all of the expenses he had made for Benfica he took a toll on his finances and died from poverty in Campolide.
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