José Salomón (9 July 1916 in

La Plata La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabit ...

– 22 January 1990) was an

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defender who played club football for

Talleres de Remedios de Escalada Club Atlético Talleres, usually called Talleres de Remedios de Escalada, is an Argentina, Argentine sports club sited in the Remedios de Escalada district of Lanús Partido, Greater Buenos Aires. The club is mostly known for its association footb ...

and

Racing Club de Avellaneda Racing Club () is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Avellaneda, Argentina. They compete in the Argentine Primera División, Primera División, the top tier of Argentine football league system, Argentine f ...

and captained the

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. Salomón started his career in 1934 with Talleres before moving to Avellaneda to play for Racing Club between 1939 and 1945. Salomón played a total of 44 games for Argentina including 21 in the

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a national record he shares with

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. Salomón was part of two Copa América winning teams but his career was ended in the 1946 edition of the competition by a Jair Rosa Pinto tackle which broke his

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and

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sparking a riot and

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and fueling the Argentina and Brazil football rivalry.

Honours

;Racing * Copa de Competencia:

1945 1945 marked the end of World War II, the fall of Nazi Germany, and the Empire of Japan. It is also the year concentration camps were liberated and the only year in which atomic weapons have been used in combat. Events World War II will be ...

;Argentina *

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: 1942, 1945

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salomon, Jose 1916 births 1990 deaths Footballers from La Plata Argentine men's footballers Men's association football defenders Talleres de Remedios de Escalada footballers Racing Club de Avellaneda footballers Liverpool F.C. (Montevideo) players Expatriate men's footballers in Uruguay Argentina men's international footballers 20th-century Argentine sportsmen Argentine expatriate men's footballers