Emilio Sabourin 1853-1897, founder of Havana B.B.C, played in the historic 1874 game at Palmar de Junco, also in the first official game of the Cuban Championship in 1878, was a patriot of the War of Independence against Spain in 1895, fell prisoner and was exiled to the prisons of Ceuta in Spain where he died in 1897, in 1953 on the centenary a monument was erected in his memory, in the homeplay of what was the disappeared Havana Park, today América Arias Maternity Hospital online and G, in Vedado, today December 27, 2022, the monument was reopened a few meters from the original place, it is now more visible to all those who pass through that place, I show photos of today's event, in the 1st photo I am next to the monument and other photos from today.
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