Jesús_Narro
Jesús Narro
Spanish footballer (1922–1987)
Jesús Narro Sancho (4 January 1922 – 1 July 1987) was a Spanish footballer. As a left midfielder, he was part of Real Murcia for three seasons scoring 21 goals, Sporting de Gijón for part of a season as a loan, scoring one goal and at his peak he was part of the Real Madrid for six seasons scoring 13 goals and being part of the team that won the league title in his final season in La Liga with the team "merengue" along with the great Alfredo Di Stéfano.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jesús Narro Sancho[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1922-01-04)4 January 1922 | ||
| Place of birth | Tolosa, Guipúzcoa, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1987(1987-07-01) (aged 65) | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1948 | Real Murcia | 90 | (16) |
| 1948–1952 | Real Madrid | 66 | (13) |
| 1952–1953 | Sporting de Gijón | 12 | (1) |
| 1953–1954 | Real Madrid | 7 | (3) |
| 1954 | Real Murcia | 14 | (6) |
| Total | 189 | (31) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Narro was born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, Spain, on 4 January 1922.[2]
His most outstanding performance was on 14 January 1951 by being on the initial line-up and performing a hat-trick (min. '8 '17 and '29) in the Spanish derby against FC Barcelona.[3] Real Madrid won the game by a score of 4–1 and was cheered by 75.145 spectators who attended the game at Chamartin Stadium, currently known as Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Don Jesus scored another hat-trick on 15 October 1950 against Club Deportivo Alcoyano and a poker-of-goals (4) on 8 October 1950 against the now extinct UE Lleida in Catalonia.[4]
With a total of 13.452 minutes in La Liga of Spain, starting in 150 games, 23 games in Copa del Rey Don Jesus Narro Sancho retired from professional soccer at age 31.
- Football Matches History "Real Madrid FC 4:1 FC Barcelona", Weltfussball, Austria, Retrieved on 15 May 2016.
- Historical Database of Football "Statistics of Jesus Narro Sancho Footballer", BDFutbol, Madrid, Spain, Retrieved on 15 May 2016.