Carlos Lett
 Lett with Alumni in 1906 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Carlos Arturo Lett | ||
| Date of birth | November 4, 1885 | ||
| Place of birth | Argentina | ||
| Date of death | March 8, 1956 | ||
| Place of death | Granby, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1905–11 | Alumni | ||
| International career | |||
| 1905–11 | Argentina | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Carlos Arturo Lett (November 4, 1885 - March 8, 1956) was an Argentine footballer who played as forward. Lett played most of his career in Alumni (where he won 16 titles) and the Argentina national team.
Biography
[edit]Lett joined Alumni in 1905 along to goalkeeper José Buruca Laforia.[1] During the year of his debut with the team he became top scorer of the tournament with 15 goals.[2] Alumni also won its 4th championship. In 1906 Alumni won another championship and Lett scored a goal in the final match where Alumni defeated Lomas by 5–0.[3]
Lett played with Alumni until 1911 when the team was disbanded after winning its last title that same year.[4]
With the Argentina national team Lett debuted on 15 August 1905 in a Copa Lipton match against Uruguay.[5] Lett played again for Argentina five years later, in a friendly match against Chile.[6] Lett served with the Royal Field Artillery in World War I including seeing action in the Palestine Campaign in 1917–1918. In October 1918 Lett married Valerie Helen Stears (21 March 1898 - 21 September 1941) and the couple had 7 children and they all lived between Argentina & England over the years. Lett spent his last years with a daughter and her husband near Montreal, Canada. He died on 8 March 1956.
Titles
[edit](All of them won with Alumni):
National
[edit]- Argentine Primera División (6): 1905, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1911
- Copa de Competencia Jockey Club (3): 1907, 1908, 1909
- Copa de Honor Municipalidad de Buenos Aires (2): 1905, 1906
International
[edit]- Copa de Honor Cousenier (1): 1906
- Tie Cup (4): 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
Individual honours
[edit]- Argentine Primera División topscorer (1): 1905 (12 goals)
References
[edit]
- ^ Alumni, Cuna de Campeones y Escuela de Hidalguía, by Ernesto Escobar Bavio - Editorial Difusión, Buenos Aires (1953)
- ^ Historia del Fútbol Amateur en la Argentina, by Jorge Iwanczuk. Published by Autores Editores (1992) - ISBN 9504343848
- ^ Argentina 1906 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF
- ^ Argentina 1911 by Osvaldo Gorgazzi at RSSSF
- ^ 1905 Copa Lipton at IFFHS
- ^ Argentina 3-Chile 0 in 1910 at IFFHS