12 Facts About Francisco Bru

Francisco Bru Sanz, known as Paco Bru, was a Spanish football player, referee and manager.

Francisco Bru later became the first ever manager of Spain, guiding them to the silver medal at the 1920 Olympic Games.

Francisco Bru played ten out of twelve games as a striker and scored three goals, his team finishing sixth out of seven teams.

Francisco Bru won the Copa Torino in 1904, a second-level league trophy.

Francisco Bru helped them win their first Copa del Rey in 1910.

Francisco Bru then returned to FC Barcelona and, together with Paulino Alcantara and Jack Greenwell, helped the club win one more Campionat.

Francisco Bru placed the gun on a table in the middle of the room for everybody to see and when finished changing, he stuffed the pistol down his shorts.

Francisco Bru went on to take charge of two Copa del Rey finals.

In 1917 Francisco Bru refereed a friendly between the Catalan XI and a Castile XI.

In 1920 when the Royal Spanish Football Federation decided to send a team to the Olympic Games, Francisco Bru was one of three selectors chosen to pick the squad.

Francisco Bru subsequently rejected many of the players that turned up for the original session and insisted on the inclusion of more Basque players.

Francisco Bru was the coach of the Peru national team during the first ever World Cup in 1930.