Benito Daniel

[1] Daniel was on the first list of club members of Recreativo de Huelva on 20 December 1889,[2] and three months later, on 8 March 1890, Daniel went down in history as one of the eleven footballers who started for Huelva in the first official football match in Spain, a friendly against Sevilla FC at the Hipódromo de Tablada (horse racing track), which ended in a 2–0 loss.

[1][3][4] However, it is important to note that Daniel's team had never played together before, they had just completed a four-hour train journey in that same morning, and that the match was refereed by Edward F. Johnston, the president of Sevilla FC.

[5] Three months later, on 6 May, he again started as a forward for Huelva, this time in a match against Rio Tinto FC, playing alongside the likes of fellow British George Wakelin, William Alcock, and James Reeves.

[7] He was also the head of accounting for the Alkali and Buitrón Companies,[8] so when the director of the former, Carlos Kaesmacher, died in October 1929, Daniel was present in the subsequent tribute paid to him.

[9] Daniel died too just a few months later, on 27 January 1930, shortly after giving his testimony to González Pérez.