1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...
Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
Juan Peregrino Anselmo
Juan Peregrino Anselmo (30 April 1902 – 27 October 1975) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a striker for Uruguay national team. He was a member of national team which won 1930 FIFA World Cup. He scored three goals in the tournament, ...
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Pedro Arispe
Pedro Arispe (30 September 1900 – 4 May 1960), nicknamed ''El Indio'', was a Uruguayan footballer. He won a gold medal in the football tournaments at the 1924 Summer Olympics and the 1928 Summer Olympics.
He played in more than 300 matches in ...
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Juan Arremón
Juan Pedro Arremón (8 February 1899 – 15 June 1979) was a Uruguayan football player. He competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and played club football for Peñarol.
Arremón was a member of the Uruguay national team, which won the gold m ...
Fausto Batignani
Fausto Batignani (2 July 1903 – 2 November 1975) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, netminder, GK, goalie or keeper) is a de ...
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René Borjas
René Borjas (23 December 1897 – 16 December 1931) was a Uruguayan 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, Americ ...
Adhemar Canavesi
Adhemar Canavesi (18 August 1903 – 14 November 1984) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender. He was member of the Uruguayan team which won gold medal at the 1928 Olympics. After beginning his club career with Bella Vista, he mov ...
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Héctor Castro
Agustín Héctor Castro Rodríguez (29 November 1904 – 15 September 1960) was a Uruguayan football player and coach. He scored Uruguay's first ever goal in a World Cup against Peru at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930 a tournament they wo ...
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Pedro Cea
José Pedro Cea (1 September 1900 – 18 September 1970) was a Uruguayan football player as a striker and coach.
Playing career
Club career
Cea was born in MontevideoMontevideo. At club level, he played for Nacional, where he won several Urugu ...
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Lorenzo Fernández
Lorenzo Fernández (May 20, 1900 – November 16, 1973), nicknamed ''El Gallego'' (The Galician), was a Spanish-born Uruguayan footballer. During his career, he played for Capurro, River Plate, Montevideo Wanderers FC and C.A. Peñarol. Fern ...
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Roberto Figueroa
Roberto Figueroa (20 March 1904 – 24 January 1989) was a Uruguayan footballer who played for the Uruguay national team. He was a member of the squad which won the gold medal in 1928 Olympics.
Career
Born in Montevideo, Figueroa played club f ...
Andrés Mazali
Andrés Mazali Gini (22 July 1902 – 30 October 1975), nicknamed as El Buzo (The Diver), was a goalkeeper who played for the Uruguay national team. He spent his entire club career with Nacional. He was a twice Olympic gold medalist for Urugua ...
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Ángel Melogno
Miguel Ángel Melogno (22 March 1905 – 27 March 1945) was an Uruguayan 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, Am ...
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José Nasazzi
José Nasazzi Yarza (24 March 1901 – 17 June 1968) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as a defender. He captained his country when they won the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930.
Career
He was born in Bella Vista, Montevideo to Giuseppe ...
Héctor Scarone
José Juan Héctor Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time,. being nicknamed ''El Mago'' ("the Magic ...
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Domingo Tejera
Domingo Tejera (July 22, 1899 in Montevideo- June 30, 1969) was a football player from Uruguay. He was part of the Uruguay team that won the gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics, and the 1930 FIFA World Cup held in Uruguay.
Tejera played c ...
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Santos Urdinarán
Santos "Vasquito" Urdinarán Barrena (30 March 1900 – 14 July 1979), known as ''El Vasquito'', was a footballer from Uruguay. He played for Nacional from 1919 to 1933 (318 matches and 124 goals), playing the position of right winger. He was b ...
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...