Buenos Aires English High School
| Buenos Aires English High School |
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Melián 1880 Belgrano, Autonomous city of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province CP 1430 Argentina |
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| Funding type | Private |
| Motto |
Servabo Fidem (Keep the faith) |
| Established | 1 February 1884 |
| Founder | Alexander Watson Hutton |
| Status | Active |
| Director | Carlos Corbino |
| Color(s) |
(Burgundy & Beige) |
| Athletics | Football, field hockey, rugby union, softball, handball, gymnastics |
| Website | baehs.com.ar |
Buenos Aires English High School, also known for its abbreviation BAEHS, is a bilingual School established in Belgrano, Buenos Aires in 1884 by Alexander Watson Hutton, considered "the father" of Argentine football. Watson Hutton was born in Scotland and emigrated to Argentina in 1882. The first educational institution where he worked was St. Andrew's Scots School for two years. As a keen sportsman, Watson Hutton believed that sports were of fundamental importance in education. Nevertheless, he resigned a short while later due to St. Andrew's (which would later win the first Argentine Primera División championship in 1891) not having funds to acquire sports facilities, which were considered by Hutton as an essential component of his teaching methods.
After leaving St. Andrew's, Watson Hutton decided to create the Buenos Aires English High School to put in practise his ideas about education, with a special predilection for football. The BAEHS opened on February 1, 1884, with a first location in Perú street, at the Buenos Aires downtown. The School later moved to Belgrano district in 1906. Wattson Hutson left BAEHS in 1910.
Under the direction of Watson Hutton, the School encouraged the practise of sports among its students. Cricket, swimming, tennis, fencing, boxing were some of the sports added to the institution, apart from football, which Watson Hutton had a fondness for.
To start with the practice of football in Argentina, Waton Hutton brought William Watters from Scotland, to work as a trainer. Some sources state that it was Watters who brought the first footballs from Great Britain to Argentina.
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