Héctor Hernández

Héctor Hernández
Personnel
Surname	Héctor Hernández García
birthday	December 6, 1935
place of birth	Guadalajara , Jalisco ,  Mexico
date of death	June 15, 1984
Place of death	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1953-1958	Club Deportivo Oro
1958-1966	Chivas Guadalajara
1966-1967	Jabatos de Nuevo León
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1957-1962	Mexico	18 (12)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
	Loros de la Universidad de Colima
1 Only league games are given.

Héctor Hernández García (born December 6, 1935 in Guadalajara , Jalisco state , † June 15, 1984 ibid) was a Mexican football player in the position of a striker who played for Chivas Guadalajara between 1958 and 1966 and was part of the legendary team that was in The nine years between 1957 and 1965 was seven times Mexican champion and was nicknamed "Campeonísimo". He was also known by his nickname "Chale".

Career

Hernández began his professional career in 1953 at Club Oro in his hometown of Guadalajara and was top scorer in the Mexican league in the 1955/56 season . Before the 1958/59 season he moved to Club Deportivo Guadalajara, with whom he celebrated his greatest successes and won six championship titles in eight seasons. Together with his partner Salvador Reyes , he formed the best striker duo in the history of Club Deportivo Guadalajara and perhaps even in Mexican football at all. In 1966 he moved to the Jabatos de Nuevo León , where he let his career end.

As a rule, Chale Hernández held the position of center forward or left winger. He made his international debut on April 7, 1957 against the USA (6-0). Hernández was part of the Mexican national team who traveled to Chile for the 1962 World Cup . There he played in all three games of the Mexican national team and scored the decisive 3: 1 (from a penalty in the 90th minute) against the eventual runner-up Czechoslovakia . However, this victory did not help on the last day of the preliminary round to shoot Mexico for the first time at a World Cup in the second round.

death

When Hernández was driving home from Guadalajara, where he had visited his family, to Colima , where he was coaching the Loros de la Universidad de Colima team at the time, the bus he was using was involved in an accident. During this, Hernández suffered a severe skull fracture, as a result of which he - as the only one of the 27 passengers - died soon after.

successes

• Mexican champion (6): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965
• Mexican Supercup (5): 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965
• Cup winner (1): 1963
• CONCACAF Champions' Cup winner (1): 1962

Web links

• Héctor Hernández in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Carlos Calderón: Jugadores muertos trágicamente (article of November 12, 2005)