José Alvalade
José Alvalade | |
|---|---|
| Founder of Sporting CP 3rd President of Sporting CP | |
| In office June 1910 – November 1912 | |
| Preceded by | Caetano Pereira |
| Succeeded by | Caetano Pereira |
| Personal details | |
| Born | José Alfredo Holtreman Roquette 10 October 1885 Lisbon, Kingdom of Portugal |
| Died | 19 October 1918 (aged 33) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Relatives | Viscount Alvalade (grandfather) |
| Alma mater | Harvard Medical School (did not graduate) |
José Alfredo Holtreman Roquette (10 October 1885 – 19 October 1918), known as José Alvalade (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛ alvɐˈlaðɨ]), was one of the founders and first club member of multisport club Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP or Sporting Lisbon) in the early twentieth century, founded along with brothers Stromp (Francisco and António), Henrique de Almeida Leite Junior, the Gavazzo brothers and others. His grandfather, Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman, Viscount of Alvalade, a lawyer in the Portuguese capital, operated as a benefactor in the multisport club's foundation process by donating money and land to the new club, and took charge as its first president. Later, José Alvalade would become Sporting's 3rd president from 1910 to 1912.