The first Argentine woman to earn a Doctor of Medicine degree was
Cecilia Grierson, of Scottish ancestry. Two schools in Argentina have been founded by Scottish immigrants:
St. Andrew's Scots School in 1838 and Balmoral College in 1959. In addition, the association football club
Club Atlético Douglas Haig is named after the Scottish military commander
Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. Argentine President Juan Domingo Peron had Scottish ancestry on his father's side. His great-grandmother, Ann Hughes Mc Kenzie, traced her roots to Scotland.
Introduction of football The so-called "father of Argentine football" was a Scottish schoolteacher,
Alexander Watson Hutton, who first taught football at
St. Andrew's Scots School in Buenos Aires in the early 1880s. On 4 February 1884 he founded the
Buenos Aires English High School [
sic] where he continued to instruct the pupils in the game. In 1891 Hutton established the Association Argentine Football League, the first football league outside of the British Isles. Five clubs competed but only one season was ever played. His son
Arnold Watson Hutton (1886–1951) was an
Argentine football striker for the
Argentina national team. He also played
cricket,
tennis and
waterpolo for Argentina. ==Notable Scottish Argentines==