[5] In 1902 he won the Medalla del Ayuntamiento, which was organized by the Spanish Gymnastics Federation, with the second team of FC Barcelona, a club where he also practiced field hockey together with Joan Gamper.
[1][5] A restless and hyperactive man, for eight consecutive years he alternated the practice of law with literature, founding and directing the weekly Sports in 1906.
[1][5] At the end of 1914, he became the president of the Catalan Football Federation, but not before making it a condition to have full powers to draw up and present new statutes and regulations in a short time.
However, his relationship with football remained alive and since he resided for long periods between Madrid and Barcelona, he had the opportunity to attend as a Catalan delegate at the RFEF Assemblies that were held in the state capital.
[1] At the same time, in July 1925, Cabot was appointed president of the Selection Committee of the Spain national team, which also included José María Mateos (who helped him with the regulation of professionalism) and Manuel de Castro.
President Leopoldo García Durán was replaced by José María Mengual, but Ricardo Cabot remained in the general secretariat, and soon moved the federative headquarters from besieged Madrid to Barcelona.
So he gave an account of all the efforts made at the head of the General Secretariat that he held through a report addressed to Colonel Julián Troncoso, President of the FEF elected in San Sebastián.
[5] In 1956 Ricardo Cabot retired after three decades as general secretary of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, receiving a tribute at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium.