Jorge Barrié
Jorge Barrié | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barrié (standing, third from the left) in 1893 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1st President of the Spanish Tennis Federation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office 1909–1923 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | José Vidal-Ribas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 23 September 1873 Bayonne, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 September 1936 (aged 62) San Sebastián, Basque Country, Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jorge de Satrústegui Barrié (23 September 1873 – 7 September 1936) was a Franco-Spanish industrial engineer, sports leader, and politician. A very active personality in everything related to the prosperity of San Sebastián, he was the founder and first president of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation.
In his youth, he was also a footballer who played as a midfielder for some of the earliest Catalan clubs in existence such as Barcelona Football Club and Sociedad de Foot-Ball de Barcelona.