Fernando Bustos Castañeda (1 August 1944 – 23 September 1979) was a Mexican

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

who competed in the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

Death

Bustos died in a car accident on the road to

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

in 1979, aged just 35.

Legacy

Bustos was inducted into ''Salón de la Fama del futbol'' in Pachuca on November 13, 2018.

Honours

Cruz Azul * UEFA-CONCACAF Cup: 1969 * CONCACAF Champions' Cup: 1969,

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

Mexican Primera División The Liga MX, officially known as the Liga BBVA MX for sponsorship reasons, is the top professional football division in Mexico, holding 2 tournaments per year. The league is considered the strongest in North America, and among the strongest in al ...

: 1968–69, México 1970, 1971-72, 1972-73, 1973-74, 1978-79 * Mexican Segunda División: 1963-64 *

Copa México The Copa MX (formerly called Copa Tower Monterrey, Copa Eliminatoria, Copa México and Copa Corona MX (for sponsorship reasons)) was a Mexican football cup competition that was established in 1907. After a lengthy hiatus that began in 1997, it was ...

: 1968–69 *

Campeón de Campeones ''Campeón de Campeones'' ( es, Champion of Champions) is an annual Mexican football competition established in 1942. In its current form, the winner of the Apertura season faces the winner of the Clausura season, for both Liga MX and Liga MX Feme ...

: 1969, 1973 * Campeonísimo: 1969 National team :

CONCACAF Championship The CONCACAF Championship was an association football tournament that took place between 1963 and 1989. The competition is sometimes referred to as CONCACAF Campeonato de Naciones. The first Championship took place in 1963 and was CONCACAF's firs ...

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* * 1944 births 1979 deaths Footballers from Mexico City Men's association football midfielders Olympic footballers for Mexico Footballers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in football Pan American Games gold medalists for Mexico Liga MX players Cruz Azul footballers Atlético Español F.C. footballers Road incident deaths in Mexico Footballers at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Mexican men's footballers {{Mexico-footy-midfielder-stub