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Jesús Larraza

Personal information
Full name Jesús Larraza Renovales
Date of birth (1903-07-20)20 July 1903
Place of birth Basauri, Spain
Date of death 27 May 1926(1926-05-27) (aged 22)[1]
Place of death Miravalles, Spain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1922–1926 Athletic Club 45 (14)
International career
1924 Spain 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Larraza Renovales (20 July 1903 – 27 May 1926) was a Spanish footballer.[2] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[3]

He spent his whole career with Athletic Club, a career that only lasted four years, between 1922 and 1926, since he died in a motorcycle accident when he was only 22 years old. Jesús had an accident on 27 May 1926 with his Harley-Davidson along with a friend who also died in the accident when he went off the road. His last match as a footballer dates back to 13 May, when he played a friendly against Real Sociedad (2-1).[4] He earned one cap for the Spanish national team on 25 May 1924 against Italy, in a match that ended with Spanish elimination from the 1924 Summer Olympics after losing 0-1, with Larraza being sent off in the 55th when the game was still leveled at 0-0.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Jesús Larraza, Un León Caído ( y II )". Memorias del Fútbol Vasco. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2023. (in Catalan)
  2. ^ "Jesús Larraza". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jesús Larraza Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Larraza y Escudero, víctimas de la tragedia" [Larraza and Escudero, victims of tragedy] (PDF). www.bilbao.eus. 28 May 1927. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Italy vs Spain, 25 May 1924". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Jesús Larraza". Eu-football.info. Retrieved 15 July 2022.