Ramón Colón Acevedo (22 March 1916 – 1999) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Atlético Madrid.[1][2][3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ramón Colón Acevedo | ||
| Date of birth | 22 March 1916 | ||
| Place of birth | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 1999 (aged 82-83) | ||
| Place of death | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1940 | Imperio CF | ||
| 1940–1943 | Atlético Aviación | 8 | (0) |
| 1945–1946 | UD Salamanca | ||
| 1947–1948 | Chamberí FC | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1952–1954 | Atlético Madrid | ||
| 1954–1955 | Real Murcia CF | ||
| 1955–1956 | CD Málaga | ||
| 1956–1958 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 1958–1959 | CD Badajoz | ||
| 1959–1961 | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 1963–1964 | UD Salamanca | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He later became a manager, taking charge over Atlético Madrid, Real Murcia CF, and Rayo Vallecano.[4]
Playing career
editBorn in Madrid, Colón began playing football at his hometown club in Imperio CF in 1939, which at the time served as a subsidiary of Atlético Madrid, then known as Atlético Aviación, who signed him in 1940.[3] He remained with the club for three seasons, playing a total of eight La Liga matches,[1][2] and winning one league title in 1940–41 and the 1941–47 FEF President Cup, in which he played in only one match, a 2–0 loss to Valencia CF.[5]
Colón then played for UD Salamanca and Chamberí FC before retiring in the late 1940s.[3]
Managerial career
editAfter his career as a player ended, Colón remained linked to Atlético, now as a coach of the amateur and youth teams for several years, with which he was proclaimed champion of Spain.[6] In January 1953, he was promoted to the first team to replace Helenio Herrera when he was dismissed.[6][7] He was dismissed at the start of the 1953–54 campaign after only five days, and in the following summer, he joined Real Murcia.[6]
Knowing like few others about the Madrid football academy, Colón brought with him two kids with huge potential, the 18-year-old Joaquín Peiró and the 20-year-old Enrique Collar.[6] The latter was claimed in the middle of the season by his parent club, but Colón pulled another one from Real Madrid, Ramón Marsal, thus forming a team with which he achieved promotion to the First Division in the 1954–55 season,[6][8] with the journalist Juan Antonio Calvo, the head of the sports section of the La Verdad newspaper stating that "of the eleven times that Murcia has risen to the First Division, it has never done so with such little suffering and as much anticipation as the one that has just occurred".[9]
Colón later coached CD Málaga (1955–56), Rayo Vallecano (1956–58 and 1959–61),[10] CD Badajoz (1958–59), and UD Salamanca (1963–64).[4] He was also a youth coach of both Castilla[11] and the National team.[12]
Death
editRamón Colón died in 1999, at the age of either 82 or 83.[4]
Honours
editPlayer
edit- FEF President Cup (1): 1941–47
- La Liga (1): 1940–41
Coach
edit- Segunda División (1): 1954–55
References
edit- ^ a b "Colón (Ramón Colón Acevedo)". www.infoatleti.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Colón". www.worldfootball.net. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Colón, Ramón Colón Acevedo - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b c "Colón, Ramón Colón Acevedo - Manager". www.bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "El Torneo más largo de la historia del fútbol español. La Copa del presidente de la RFEF (1941-47)" [The longest tournament in the history of Spanish football. The RFEF President's Cup (1941-47)] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. 17 March 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "Leyendas Granas: Marsal y el ala infernal" [Granas Legends: Marsal and the Infernal Wing]. goldelmurcia.es (in Spanish). 5 January 2014. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Helenio Herrera ha dejado" [Helenio Herrera has left]. www.abc.es (in Spanish). ABC. 27 January 1953. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Entrenadores del Real Murcia" [Real Murcia coaches]. www.goldelmurcia.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Especial Ascenso a 1ª División del Real Murcia" [Special Promotion to 1st Division of Real Murcia]. servicios.laverdad.es (in Spanish). La Verdad. Archived from the original on 16 July 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Entrenadores de la agrupación deportiva Rayo Vallecano" [Coaches of the Rayo Vallecano sports group]. www.abc.es (in Spanish). ABC. 26 November 1972. p. 179. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Los equipos juveniles A v Z" [Youth teams A v Z]. www.abc.es (in Spanish). ABC. 7 November 1958. p. 34. Retrieved 17 May 2024.
- ^ "Seleccionadores de juveniles y aficionados" [Youth and amateur selectors]. www.abc.es (in Spanish). ABC. 18 June 1975. p. 107. Retrieved 17 May 2024.