[1][2][3] However, he is best remembered for his stint as the secretary and treasurer of the Spanish football club RCD Espanyol, from which he played a key role in the signing of Ricardo Zamora.
[2] In 1909, Tallada was appointed the first-ever director of Museu Social [ca], which was established by the Barcelona Provincial Council in order to deal with the workers' labor problems and their professional training to respond to industrial demands; the secretary was Josep Ruiz i Castellà and the librarian was Cebrià de Montoliu.
[7][8] Under his leadership, Museu Social organized exhibitions, conferences, courses, a statistics service, and created a job exchange in 1911, the first Catalan cooperative of cheap houses (1911), and the Secretariat of Learning (1915), an entity that would evolve towards the formation of an Institute of Professional Orientation (1919).
[1][9][10] Under Hardoy, the club achieved positive results both off and on the field, reaching the final of the 1915 Copa del Rey against Athletic Bilbao, but despite some encouraging first steps in the white club, it was possibly the fact of losing the 1915 Cup final that caused a convulsive situation within the entity that led to some of its members to call for new elections in November 1915, in which José María Bernadas was elected president.
[10] In April 1916, Tallada, then the club's treasurer, negotiated and reached a loan agreement with Universitari SC for their 15-year-old goalkeeper Ricardo Zamora, thus playing a key role in helping Espanyol sign this future legendary figure in Spanish football.
[2] The first focuses on social and demographic issues, with far outdated concepts: For instance, along with Miquel Vidal, Manuel Reventós [es], Cebrià de Montoliu, and Josep Ruiz i Castellà, he is considered the introducer of the scientific study of society, according to the methodology of the German Historical School.
[1] During his years as director of the Museu Social, Tallada coordinated important research and projects, such as an ambitious housing plan for the city of Barcelona that sought to respond to the enormous demographic changes derived from the increase in population.