Tomás Balcázar

Tomás Balcázar González (born December 21, 1931 - April 26, 2020 in Guadalajara ) was a Mexican football player who formed a feared storm duo with his partner Raúl Arellano in the 1950s . These two players played a major role in ensuring that their club Chivas Guadalajara won the Mexican championship for the first time in the 1956/57 season. This success also formed the prelude to a number of other titles, so that the Chivas team at that time - they received a total of seven championship honors in the nine years between 1957 and 1965 - received the nickname "Campeonísimo". Balcázar, who had been under contract with Chivas since 1948, only worked with the first title win, since he ended his active career in 1958.

career

Balcázar and Arellano formed the storm duo of the Mexican national team at the 1954 World Cup in Switzerland and Balcázar scored a goal in the 3-2 defeat against France . Thus, he was the first player of the Club Deportivo Guadalajara to score a goal in a World Cup . 56 years later, grandson Javier Hernández also scored against France at the 2010 World Cup.

Tomás Balcázar, who had made his international debut on March 23, 1952 against Uruguay , put on a total of eleven times the dress of the national team and scored a total of six goals; three of them in a game against Haiti on July 19, 1953, which Mexico won 8-0.

family

His son-in-law Javier Hernández was also a striker for the Mexican national team, as was his grandson Chicharito .

Private

Balcázar died on April 26, 2020 at the age of 88.

successes

Mexican champion (1): 1957
Mexican Supercup (1): 1957

Web links

Tomás Balcázar in the database of National-Football-Teams.com (English)

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Westdeutsche Zeitung: World Cup participants from 1954: "Chicharitos" Grandpa Tomás Balcázar died. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .
^ Muere Tomás Balcázar, abuelo de Chicharito Hernández. In: espndeportes.espn.com. April 26, 2020, accessed April 27, 2020 (Spanish).

personal data
SURNAME	Balcázar, Tomás
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Balcázar González, Tomás
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	mexican soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	December 21, 1931
DATE OF DEATH	April 26, 2020
Place of death	Guadalajara

[:0-1] Westdeutsche Zeitung: World Cup participants from 1954: "Chicharitos" Grandpa Tomás Balcázar died. Retrieved April 27, 2020 .

[2] Muere Tomás Balcázar, abuelo de Chicharito Hernández. In: espndeportes.espn.com. April 26, 2020, accessed April 27, 2020 (Spanish).