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The Argentina Association Football League was born from the enthusiasm of the Scottish immigrant Alejandro Watson Hutton, a key figure in the consolidation of football in Argentina. Born in Glasgow and graduated in humanities from the University of Edinburgh, Watson Hutton settled in the country in 1882 when he was hired as director of the exclusive Saint Andrew's Scots School in Olivos. Among his belongings were found objects that surprised everyone at the Argentine customs: soccer balls and inflators.Watson Hutton Insist on including the practice of sports, and in particular football, as a fundamental part of the pedagogical activity at…