Pere Cabot

Pere Cabot Roldós (1877 – 3 September 1907) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for FC Barcelona at the turn of the century. He was one of the most important footballers in the amateur beginnings of FC Barcelona, being among the 12 founders of the club in 1899, and then serving Barça as a player for three years.

Early life
Pere Cabot was born in Cabrils in 1877 as the son of Francesch Cabot and Josepha Roldós i Barnet. His father was a navy captain and the family owned a shipping company in the city of Barcelona. He married Montserrat Batlle i Aragagall, with whom he had a son, Jaume.

Playing career
Cabot was one of the twelve men who attended the historic meeting held at the Gimnasio Solé on 29 November 1899 which saw the birth of Football Club Barcelona. However, he only made his debut for the club in May 1900. Between 1901 and 1903, Cabot was a member of the club's board as a manager (1901–03), and in 1902, Barça gave him the honorable task of creating the club's first statutes, which he registered in the register of associations. Also in 1902, he was part of the committee appointed by Eugeni Bargés i Prat to organize the Concurso Pergamí, which had been created for the clubs founded in the 1901–02 season and which was celebrated by the 1902 La Mercè.

In total, Cabot made 26 appearances for Barça, scoring a single goal, but only played in one official competitive match, in a 18–0 away victory over AUF Tarragona in the 1900–01 Copa Macaya on 17 March 1901. This happened because preferred to play with the second team, which was mainly made up of Catalans, and with whom he participated in marginal and less important games such as the Medalla del Ayuntamiento, which were organized by the Spanish Gymnastics Federation, and the Concurso Pergamí; winning the former after playing in 9 of the 12 matches that made up the tournament.

Death
Shortly after the birth of his son, on 28 August 1907, Llobet died of typhus in Barcelona, on 3 September.