Waldino Aguirre
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | November 18, 1920 | ||
| Place of birth | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Date of death | October 28, 1977 (aged 56) | ||
| Place of death | Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1937–1940 | Central Córdoba de Rosario | ? | (?) |
| 1941–1946 | Rosario Central | 149 | (87) |
| 1947 | Racing Club de Avellaneda | 17 | (6) |
| 1948–1949 | Huracán | 18 | (8) |
| 1949–1951 | Rosario Central | 42 | (9) |
| 1951 | Mariscal Sucre | ? | (?) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Waldino Aguirre, nicknamed Torito -the Little bull- (Rosario, Argentina, November 18, 1920 - October 28, 1977, Rosario, Argentina) was an Argentine footballer who worked in Rosario Central, Racing and Huracán. He stood out for being a Very skillful and brave player, which added a great mischief, which led him to win the heart of the fans of Central, club of which is one of his greatest idols.[1]
Career
He was born in Tablada neighborhood, in the city of Rosario. From humble beginnings, he spent a lot of time in the fields since he was a child, first at the Club La Aurora and later at Central Córdoba. He played as a left forward; When Vicente de la Mata was transfered to Independiente, Aguirre happened to play in the first team of the charrúas, still disputing the tournaments of the Rosarina Association of Football. In 1939 he won with Central Córdoba the Torneo del Litoral, which was played in response to the incorporation of Rosario Central and Newell's Old Boys to the Primera División de Argentina; Aguirre started in the final against Unión de Santa Fe (2-1).[2]
His good performances attracted the interest of Rosario Central, who acquired his pass. His debut against Platense on 6 April 1941 was unbeatable, as he scored the winning goal for Central. In that first season marked a total of 10 goals; Nevertheless its equipment descended to the second division.[3]
In 1942 was consecrated as topscorer of Seconf Division with 32 goals in 27 games, managing to return to First Division with Central when obtaining the title. He shared front with players of the stature of Rubén Bravo, Bernardo Vilariño, Ernesto Vidal, Ángel De Cicco. This offensive line was prolific in goals, as the canallas scored 118 goals in all 32 games they played. Aguirre made six goals against Nueva Chicago (12-1) and Sportivo Dock Sud (9-0) in the same game, and four versus Almagro (6-3).[1]
In the return of Central to the maximum circle turned 7 goals in the Championship 1943. The following year disputed 12 parties and scored 3 goals, until a fracture of tibia and fibula marginalized him of the rest of the season.[1]
During the Championship 1945 had a great return; Turned 21 goals in 29 games, fighting hand-to-hand the top of the scorer's table with Ángel Labruna, who was crowned with 25 goals. He also scored his first goal in the Rosario derby; it was the 29 of April in the victory 2-0 in Arroyito. In the Championship 1946 continued being pillar of fundamentalist of the centralist team, although appeared other strikers with great performances in the scoring, like Federico Geronis and Benjamín Santos.[3]
In 1947 it was sold to Racing Club for 80,000 pesos; the team of Avellaneda took this way to his habitual executioner, since Waldino had turned 10 goals to him. There he met again with Rubén Bravo, who had been transferred to Racing in 1945. However, his passage through the albiceleste institution was not fruitful, since he only scored 6 goals. Thus, in 1948 was transferred to Huracán forming part of a barter in which three players of el Globo passed to Racing and five of the club of Avellaneda to Huracán. There he scored 8 goals in 18 games.[4]
He began the tournament of 1949 playing for Huracán (disputed two parties), finalizing it in Central. During this year there was one of the most remembered moments in his career. In a derby against Newell's Old Boys, his team was losing and the Torito received insults from the aristocratic rival's public; after a great play of his, Central tied the match, and during the celebration went to the women's stand, pulled down his pants and took his testicles. For this act he was arrested. Throughout the championship he converted a total of 3 goals.[3][5]
Already in the decline of his career, descended with Central in 1950 to the Second Division; remained in the team, contributing with 1 goal in 5 games and collaborating with the return to the First Division in 1951.[3]
During that year he had a fleeting raid on Mariscal Sucre of Peru, a club that intended to present an entire team of foreigners in the league, an idea that ultimately did not prosper.[6]
His transgressor character marked the line of players most beloved by the Rosario Central's fans. His continual provocative actions earned him the affection of auriazul bias; very remembered are his crosses in the derbies with Ángel Perucca. But it was not only a sum of behaviors without the ball; he was a great player: he possessed vision of play and great sense of opportunity for the goal, admired and considered as an idol by a young Ernesto Guevara and by Osvaldo Bayer.[7][8] He was the referent of the club during the decade of 1940 next to the great captain Alfredo Fógel.[1]
Waldino Aguirre is the top scorer of Rosario Central in professionalism. He converted a total of 98 goals: 61 in the first division, 33 in the second category and four by national cups.[3]
The murder of Torito
After his retirement from the football activity, he had problems with alcohol and lived for many years as a beggar.[1][9]
He lived in a humble house in the Tablada neighborhood, when on October 27, 1977, he was arrested by police officers of the 11th section, accused of being involved in the abduction of a woman; Apparently Aguirre had only officiated as a guide to a newly released ex-convict who sought to settle accounts with the father of the aforementioned. Even the woman, once normalized its situation, declared that the Torito had not participated of the kidnapping.[1][9]
Waldino was savagely beaten by two officers in the courtyard of the police station; even the torture he was subjected to lasted more than one session. The police doctor signed the death certificate, citing death due to cardiac arrest, but the subsequent judicial investigation found that the Torito had died due to the outbreak of the liver, as a result of the beating suffered.[1][9]
Three years after the murder, criminal judge Ramón Teodoro Ríos sentenced police officers Ovidio Miguel Acevedo and Maximiliano Cándido Basualdo to 13 and 12 years' imprisonment respectively for death and torments of the victim. The police doctor Frank Michel Poenitz also suffered 6 months in jail for his performance in the event.[1][9]
Waldino Aguirre died in the early hours of October 28, 1977.[1][9]
Clubs
Titles
National tournaments
| Title | Club | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Division | Rosario Central |  Argentina
|
1942 |
| Second Division | Rosario Central | Argentina
|
1951 |
Regional tournaments
| Title | Club | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torneo del Litoral | Central Córdoba de Rosario | Argentina
|
1939 |
Individual distinctions
| Title | Club | Country | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Division topscorer | Rosario Central | Argentina
|
1942 |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Brisaboa, Jorge (1996). De Rosario y de Central. Rosario: Homo Sapiens Ediciones. pp. 70, 71. ISBN 9508081007. Cite error: The named reference "Brisaboa1" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ Volpe, Leonardo. "Central Córdoba en el Torneo del Litoral". Historia del Fútbol Rosarino. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ a b c d e Durhand, Carlos (2010). "Historia en Azul y Amarillo". Diario La Capital: 14 to 19, 22 to 24, 40, 132.
- ^ "Waldino Aguirre". BDFA.
- ^ Brisaboa, Jorge (1996). De Rosario y de Central. Rosario: Homo Sapiens Ediciones. pp. 79, 80. ISBN 9508081007.
- ^ Castro, Roberto. "«Un Mariscal de noventa galones»". De Chalaca. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Wall, Alejandro; Llonto, Pablo. "«Che, voy al arco»". Revista Un Caño. Retrieved July 14, 2007.
- ^ Ferrer, Carlos Calica (2005). De Ernesto al Che: el segundo y último viaje de Guevara por Latinoamérica. Buenos Aires: Marea Ediciones. p. 74. ISBN 9872218145.
- ^ a b c d e Aguirre, Osvaldo (September 15, 2002). "«La noche en que mataron a un ídolo, el "Torito" Aguirre»". Diario La Capital de Rosario. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
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