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Alejandro Finisterre
Portrait of Finisterre by Eulogia Merle
BornAlejandro Campos Ramírez
(1919-05-06)6 May 1919
Fisterra, Galicia, Spain
Died9 February 2007(2007-02-09) (aged 87)
Zamora, Castile and León, Spain
Other namesAlexandre de Fisterra
Known forInventor of the futbolín, a Spanish variant of table football

Alejandro Finisterre or Alexandre de Fisterra (born Alejandro Campos Ramírez; 6 May 1919 – 9 February 2007) is known as the inventor of futbolín, a Spanish variant of table football (aka foosball). He was also a poet, publisher and anarchist.

Biography

He was born Alejandro Campos Ramírez in 1919 to the radio-telegraphist at the lighthouse in Fisterra. He was injured when Franco's fascist forces bombed Madrid in November 1936 and had the idea for a football game while in Barcelona recovering. While convalescing in Montserrat, Barcelona he realized that he and his fellow wounded Republicans would never play football again and he had the idea for the table game. He patented his invention in Barcelona in 1937 and he also patented a foot-pedal that lets musicians turn the pages of their scores.

See also

References

  1. "Alejandro Finisterre: la historia jamás contada del genio del futbolín, en el año del centenario de su natalicio; Adiante Diario". www.adiantegalicia.es.
  2. "Alejandro Finisterre | Spain | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com.
  3. "Finisterre, Alejandro, 1919-2007". libcom.org.
  4. "El poeta anarquista que inventó el taca-taca para la niñez víctima de la Guerra Civil Española".
  5. "El poeta anarquista que inventó el taca-taca". La Hora. February 8, 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-07-11.
  6. "Alejandro Finisterre - The inventor of Table Football". Typically Spanish. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  7. Eaude, Michael (24 February 2007). "Alejandro Finisterre". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2017.
  8. "Who Invented Foosball?". Liberty Games. Retrieved 18 September 2017.


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