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Ernest Witty
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<p>Ernest Witty Cotton was an Anglo-Spanish <a href="/facts/Association_football/yttjeD0D">footballer</a>, tennis player and businessman. In 1899 Witty, a Spanish national tennis champion, became a founding member of the <a href="/facts/Real_Club_de_Tenis_Barcelona/LUbPSD3p">Real Club de Tenis Barcelona</a> and in the early 1900s he played football for <a href="/facts/FC_Barcelona/x2H1EFug">FC Barcelona</a>. He was also a successful trader and his family company, the Witty Group, continues to operate today. He was the younger brother of <a href="/facts/Arthur_Witty/Y7DLpAJv">Arthur Witty</a>. </p>