[5] While he was studying in the capital, García Durán joined the ranks of Madrid FC as a midfielder, being part of some of the first starting elevens in the club's history.

[9][10] He can be traced in the first elevens of the white team until 1909,[6] when he played in the first three matches of the 1909 Centro regional championship, winning his last one against Sociedad Gimnástica 4–2.

[6][12] In his 1920 election, he got 2,091 votes to the 2,468 of José Calvo Sotelo, who thus contested and protested since García Durán's proclamation was "maintained with an incomplete... and imperfect scrutiny... and with violation of the criteria repeatedly established by the Supreme Court".

[14] In 1931, García Durán was appointed as the 8th president of the Spanish Football Federation, a position that he held for five years until 1936, when he resigned with the victory of the Popular Front, and was replaced by Julián Troncoso.

[6] García Durán was also the director of the Patronato de Apuestas Mútuas Deportivas Benéficas (Charitable Sports Mutual Betting Board).