Mark Nicholson
1897 he came to Vienna and played for First Vienna FC. Not only was he by far the best footballer in Vienna at the time and, as an absolute star, his club's box office magnet. He soon took over agendas as an organizer and functionary at the club. In the following  years that followed, he not only reformed the training and game design of Vienna, he also campaigned for the organization of the entire football game in Austria. In 1898, Nicholson organized the Comité zur Veranstaltung von Fußball-Wettspielen ( Soccer Competitions Committee). One of the first activities of this committee was organizing two matches of the Oxford University football team in  1899.