Bernardo Lassaletta

Bernado Lassaletta Perrín (20 August 1882 - 12 March 1948) was a Spanish industrial engineer, professor and footballer who played as a forward for FC Barcelona between 1901 and 1903.[1]

Bernado Lassaletta
Lassaletta (seated, first to right) in 1903
Personal information
Full name Bernado Lassaletta Perrín
Birth name Bernat Lassaleta i Perrín
Date of birth (1882-08-20)20 August 1882
Place of birth Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Date of death 12 March 1948(1948-03-12) (aged 65)
Place of death Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1901–1904 FC Barcelona 57 (67)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Biography

He was an industrial engineer, professor of general metallurgy and electrical technology at the School of Industrial Engineers in Barcelona and professor of mathematics at the School of Directors of Electrical Industries.[2] In 1910 he become the head of the testing laboratory of the company Siemens Schuckert Indústria Elèctrica SA in Catalonia. In 1921, Lassaletta joined the Barcelona Academy of Sciences and Arts as a full academician, and there he presented numerous papers and works.[2]

FC Barcelona in 1903. Standing: Llobet, Terradas, Reig and Vidal. Seated: Ossó, Steinberg, Meyer, Witty, Gamper, Harris and Lassaleta.

As a young man, he played football with FC Barcelona between 1902 and 1904.[1][3][4] Together with the likes of Joan Gamper, Luis de Ossó, Udo Steinberg, and Carles Comamala, he helped Barça win the Copa Barcelona, netting a total of 5 goals in the tournament that was later recognized as the fourth edition of the Catalan Championship.[5]

In 1923 he was part of the entourage that welcomed Albert Einstein on his visit to Catalonia, invited by the Commonwealth of Catalonia, whom he accompanied during his visit to the Poblet Abbey, together with his wife Elsa and Ventura Gassol and Rafael Campalans.[6][7][8] On 6 March 1923, Einstein was nominated as a corresponding member of the physical sciences section of the Academy by Lassaleta, the mathematician Ferran Tallada, and the physicists Ramon Jardí and Tomas Escriche i Mieg, in a ceremony at the Barcelona's Academy of Sciences and Arts.[9]

Honours

FC Barcelona

References
  1. "Bernat Lassaletta Perrín stats". players.fcbarcelona.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  2. "Bernat Lassaleta y Perrin". www.enciclopedia.cat (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  3. "1903: El club en marcha" [1903: The club on pedaling]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 12 July 1988. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  4. "1904: El club en marcha" [1904: The club on pedaling]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 17 July 1988. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. "Partidos del Barça - 1902-03" [Barça matches - 1902-03]. www.webdelcule.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  6. "¡Oooh que bonito, el barcelonista bernardo lassaletta acompañó a einstein en cataluña!" [Oooh how beautiful, the Barcelona player Bernardo Lassaletta accompanied Einstein in Catalonia!]. saltataulells.com (in Spanish). 20 July 2019. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
  7. "Notícia de la visita d'Einstein al Monestir de Poblet el 1923" [News of Einstein's visit to Monestir de Poblet in 1923]. hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  8. "Albert Einstein, Rafael Campalans and Bernat Lassaleta". El País (in Spanish). 11 August 2005. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  9. "Albert Einstein in Barcelona: "My name is Albert Einstein and I am also revolutionary, an anti-authoritarian"". libcom.org. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 5 February 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
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