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1. Jacinto Villalba was only 16 years old when he arrived in Montevideo with the Paraguayan national team. The youngest player at the World Cup did not play in either of his country's two matches.
2. Prior to the Mexico vs France (13 July) game, Spanish-born Mexican coach, Juan Luque Serrallonga gave a passionate speech to his players with appeals to religious saints and evoking the victory of Mexican forces over the French Army at the Battle of Puebla on May 5th, 1865 (Cinco de Mayo).
3. Argentina vs France (15 July) is famous for the game ending six minutes early by the Brazilian referee, Gilberto Almeida Rego. However, this wasn't the only occasion this occured during the World Cup. On 19 July, Bolivian referee Ulises Saucedo ended the first half between Argentina vs Mexico three minutes too early.
4. On 18 July, the Argentinian Military Aviation took part in Uruguay's Centenary celebrations. One particular pilot performed aerial stunts over the Estadio Centenario during the Opening ceremony that caused great concerns with worried spectators below.
5. Chilean club Colo Colo from Santiago was the most represented team at the 1930 World Cup with eight players taking part in matches. Alianza Lima also had eight players within the Peru squad but only six of the players were selected in matches.
Researching the Forgotten History of the 1930 World Cup that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, while exploring and dispelling its myths.
Dear Dean! This is @Sergey_Koloskov. English is not my first language. Perhaps I did not understand something from your retweets, probably I myself wrote something incorrectly. It’s my fault. I would like to clarify the situation with the Paraguayan Villalba - what is the date of his birth (and death)? And for two pairs of Mexican brothers, also clarify their dates of birth and death, Garza Gutierrez and Rosas. Also for Sota brothers in the Mexican delegation.
ReplyDeleteMilan Stoyanovic (Yugoslavia) was born on 28/11/1911, was the youngest goalkeeper, but did not play. Is that correct? I'm sorry for many questions
@Sergey_Koloskov: You reported in twitter that Villalbe was baptized in June 1913. Then, on the day of the start of the 1st World Cup, he must already be 17 years old.
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