Arthur Leask

Arthur Leask Mace (20 June 1880 – 4 August 1967) was a Spanish footballer of English descent who played as a forward for FC Barcelona between 1901 and 1903.

[3] Born in Barcelona in 1880, Leask first became interested in football and tennis during his university years, when he would regularly meet up with a group of English friends.

[4] On 8 December 1899, he went down in history as the referee of FC Barcelona's first-ever game, played at the Velódromo de la Bonanova against the city's English colony known in Catalonia as Team Anglès.

Together with the likes of Udo Steinberg, Ernest Witty, and Alfonso Macaya, he was a member of the Executive Committee of the first international tennis tournament played in Spain in 1903.

[3] Arthur Leask was one of the great figures of the tournament, winning the men's doubles partnering with Ernest Witty.