[citation needed] Luis de Ossó owned a printing press and was a contributor to the weekly newspaper Los Deportes, where he published football chronicles under the pseudonym Un delantero ("A striker").

Like many other pioneer sportsmen of his time, he practiced multiple modalities such as equestrianism, cycling, skating, hiking, pelota and sailing, in addition to football.

[2] With the club's subsidiary team which was mainly made up of Catalans, Ossó participated in marginal and less important games and won prestigious trophies such as Concurso Pergamí and the Medalla del Ayuntamiento, which were organized by the Spanish Gymnastics Federation.

[citation needed] Ossó participated in the conquest of the very first official titles of FC Barcelona: The inaugural edition of the Copa Macaya, the very first football competition played on the Iberian Peninsula, which ended in a narrow runner-up finish to Hispania AC.

[6] In the following season, however, Ossó played a crucial role in Barça's first-ever title, the 1901–02 Copa Macaya, netting once in a 9–0 win over Universitary SC and starting in the final matchday on 23 March 1902 in a 15–0 victory over Català FC.

[9] Today this version of events is considered a legend and it is believed that the current coat of arms was chosen after a contest for that purpose, won by Carles Comamala.