Félix Bermudes

Félix Bermudes

Bermudes (c.1910s)
Personal information
Born (1874-07-04)4 July 1874
Porto, Portugal
Died 5 January 1960(1960-01-05) (aged 85)
Lisbon, Portugal
Sport
Sport Sports shooting

Félix Bermudes (4 July 1874 5 January 1960) was a Portuguese sports shooter. He competed in the team free rifle event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]

Bermudes was the 10th president of S.L. Benfica in 1916, and from 1945 to 1946.[2] He composed the original hymn of Benfica[3] called "Avante pelo Benfica", which was censored by the Estado Novo.[4][5]

References

  1. "Félix Bermudes". Sports Reference. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. "Félix Bermudes". S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. "O Estádio das Amoreiras (1925 - 1940)" (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. Sousa, Hugo Daniel; Curado, Paulo (25 April 2013). "O futebol é mais instrumentalizado hoje do que foi durante o Estado Novo" [Football today is more orchestrated than it was during the Estado Novo] (in Portuguese). Público. Retrieved 26 June 2015.
  5. "As verdades deturpadas da história do Benfica" [The twisted truths of Benfica history] (PDF) (in Portuguese). S.L. Benfica. p. 20. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
Preceded by
José Antunes dos Santos Júnior
President of Benfica
1916
Succeeded by
Nuno Freire Themudo
Preceded by
Augusto da Fonseca Júnior
President of Benfica
19451946
Succeeded by
Manuel da Conceição Afonso
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