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I haven't been able to find out a great deal about Jorge (sometimes given as Luis) Bottyan. He appears on lists of Hungarian players who played in Argentina. I don't know how he came to live and play in Argentina, and I don't know if he had a career in Hungary.
Bottyan played for Club Atlético Chacarita Juniors, the Buenos Aires club founded by Anarchists on 1st May 1906 and known as Los Funebreros (The Undertakers). He was with them between 1934 and 1938.
I love the way in which footballers, and more specifically goalkeepers, were portrayed in the Argentine media of the 1920s and 30s. They seem to exude an heroic, casual calm. In this picture Bottyan has an aristocratic air of insouciance. Despite the knee pads.
