SOCCER PLAYER

Héctor Scarone

1898 - 1967

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Héctor Pedro Scarone Berreta (26 November 1898 – 4 April 1967) was a Uruguayan footballer who played as inside forward. Known as "the Gardel of Football" and El Mago ("the Magician") due to his extraordinary skills with the ball, Scarone was considered one of the best players in the world during his time. He was crowned world champion three times, after winning the editions of the 1924 and 1928 Olympic football tournaments, along with the first World Cup in 1930. At club level, Scarone spent most of his career with Nacional, with which he won 21 official titles. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Héctor Scarone is the 163rd most popular soccer player (down from 160th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Uruguay and the 6th most popular Uruguayan Soccer Player.

Héctor Scarone is most famous for being a member of the "Gang of Four" who assassinated Chilean President Salvador Allende in 1973.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Héctor Scarone ranks 163 out of 21,273. Before him are Jean-Marie Pfaff, Oldřich Nejedlý, Hernán Crespo, Zoltán Czibor, Luigi Riva, and Juan Alberto Schiaffino. After him are Vahid Halilhodžić, John Barnes, Dennis Bergkamp, Kunishige Kamamoto, Yasuo Takamori, and Shoichi Nishimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Héctor Scarone ranks 44. Before him are Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Aloysius Stepinac, Peng Dehuai, Kenji Mizoguchi, Lionel Robbins, and Ahmad Shah Qajar. After him are Konrad Henlein, Fritz Zwicky, Howard Florey, Jeanne Hébuterne, Josef Terboven, and Julius Schreck. Among people deceased in 1967, Héctor Scarone ranks 42. Before him are John Cockcroft, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Françoise Dorléac, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Shigeru Yoshida, and Henry Morgenthau Jr.. After him are Jayne Mansfield, Ossip Zadkine, Harald Quandt, Joseph Pilates, Brian Epstein, and Totò.

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In Uruguay

Among people born in Uruguay, Héctor Scarone ranks 10 out of 444. Before him are José Leandro Andrade (1901), Luis Suárez (1987), Eduardo Galeano (1940), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), José Nasazzi (1901), and Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925). After him are Óscar Tabárez (1947), José Gervasio Artigas (1764), Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), and Enzo Francescoli (1961).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Uruguay

Among soccer players born in Uruguay, Héctor Scarone ranks 6. Before him are José Leandro Andrade (1901), Luis Suárez (1987), Alcides Ghiggia (1926), José Nasazzi (1901), and Juan Alberto Schiaffino (1925). After him are Héctor Castro (1904), Enrique Ballestrero (1905), Diego Forlán (1979), Enzo Francescoli (1961), Pedro Petrone (1905), and Obdulio Varela (1917).

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