Luis Grill Prieto

Luis Grill Prieto
Personal information
Full name	Luis Grill Prieto
Date of birth	1923
Place of birth	Argentina
Date of death	21 April 2011 (aged 83)
Place of death	Guatemala City, Guatemala
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Universidad Católica
	Santiago Morning
Managerial career
	Universidad Católica
1963–1964	Municipal
1966–1967	León
1968–1970	Municipal
1970	América
1971–1972	Veracruz
1973–1974	Atlético Potosino
1974	Comunicaciones
1977	Atlético Potosino
1985	Tecos
1982–1983	Atlético Potosino
1993–2000	Municipal (youth)
2000–2011	Comunicaciones (youth)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Grill Prieto (1928 – 21 April 2011), was an Argentine-born Chilean football player and manager who worked in Chile, Guatemala and Mexico.

Career

Born in 1928,^[1] he played football in Chile as a defender for both Universidad Católica^[2] and Santiago Morning^[3] in the 1940s and the 1950s. In Universidad Católica, he played alongside players such as Sergio Livingstone, Rodolfo Almeyda, Andrés Prieto, among others.^[4]

He graduated as a football manager in Santiago, Chile,^[1] and coached Universidad Católica.^[5]

He came to Guatemala in 1963 to lead Municipal, becoming the first Chilean who has coached it before Jaime Hormazábal, Javier Mascaró, Rolando Torino and Fernando Díaz. During his stints with Municipal, he led the team in thirteen derbies against Comunicaciones^[6] and won two league titles in 1963–64 and 1969–70.^[7]

In Mexico, he coached León, América, Veracruz, Atlético Potosino and Tecos.^[5] With León,^[8] he won the 1966–67 Copa México and with Atlético Potosino, he was in three stints: 1973–74, 1977 and 1982–83.^[9]

His last works were as coach of the youth ranks of both Municipal and Comunicaciones.^[10]

Personal life

He naturalized Chilean by residence.^[6]

Despite he had family in Guadalajara, Mexico, after coaching Tecos FC, he made his home in Guatemala and died at the age of 83 due to intestinal issues.^[10]

Honours

Municipal

Liga Nacional (2): 1963–64^[es], 1969–70^[es]
Copa de Guatemala (2): 1967, 1969

León

Copa México (1): 1966–67^[es]

Legacy

Grill Prieto is considered as the discoverer of important Guatemalan players such as Carlos Ruiz,^[11] Gonzalo Romero, Marco Ciani, among others.^[1]

After his death, Comunicaciones FC started the Copa Luis Grill Prieto in his honor, a friendly match where the club showed the squad for each season. The cup was played three times in 2011, 2012 and 2013 and Comunicaciones won the first two editions.^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c El Cazatalentos Luis Grill on YouTube (in Spanish)
^ "COLO-COLO 2:1 UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Tal como los campeones, Colo Colo ganó al final" (PDF). La Nación (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: 2. 17 September 1951. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA 2:2 COLO-COLO". historiadecolocolo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Fallece Luis Grill, ex entrenador del Atlético Potosino". planoinformativo.com (in Spanish). 22 April 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Los chilenos en el banco rojo". Antorcha Deportiva (in Spanish). 12 November 2013. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "CSDM NUESTRA HISTORIA". Rojos (in Spanish). Municipal. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ Jasso Vivero, Ricardo; Guerra, Arturo (2021). "EL CLUB LEÓN EN EL MATCH DE CAMPEONES". Nación Esmeralda (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "Muere ex técnico del América". www.elmanana.com (in Spanish). 22 April 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ ^a ^b Tamayo, Gabriel (22 April 2011). "Falleció Luis Grill Prieto". www.cancha.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ Gómez, Jeniffer (28 June 2022). ""Me recuerda mucho al maestro Grill Prieto": Los elogios de Carlos 'el Pescado' Ruiz a Rafael Loredo". Prensa Libre (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ "La Copa Luis Grill Prieto". Cremas Digital (in Spanish). 18 July 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2022.