Pololo (footballer)
 Pololo (right) and Bernabéu (left) in 1922 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Miguel Durán Terry | ||
| Date of birth | 5 August 1901 | ||
| Place of birth | Lugones, Asturias, Spain | ||
| Date of death | 1 October 1934 (aged 33) | ||
| Place of death | Spain | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1919–1926 | Athletic Madrid | 44 | (8) |
| 1926–1929 | Real Oviedo | ||
| International career | |||
| 1921–1923 | Spain | 2 | (0) |
| 1923–1924 | Madrid | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Miguel Durán Terry, better known by his nickname Pololo (5 August 1901 – October 1934), was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender for Athletic Madrid.[1] He was assassinated in Oviedo during the Asturias Revolution of 1934.
Club career
Miguel Durán Terry was born in Asturias as the only son of Miguel Durán Walkinshaw, director of la fábrica de Explosivos de Coruño y Santa Bárbara (an Explosives factory). At the end of the second decade of the 20th century, he went to Madrid to study a career as a Mining Engineer, in whose High School the Athletic Club of Madrid (currently known as Atlético Madrid) had been created a few years before.[citation needed]
Pololo joined Atlético in 1919, which was also the same year
In 1926, when Real Oviedo was created, Pololo decided to join the team, featuring alongside the likes of José Luis Zabala and Rogelio Barril, and he remained in the club until his retirement in 1929.
International career
He played two matches for the Spain national football team in 1921 and 1923, both of which were friendlies against Portugal and both ended in victories, with Pololo helping his side keep a clean sheet on the latter one.[6]
As a
Death
At the start of the Asturias Revolution of 1934, Miguel Durán, along with his father and other engineers, was assassinated.[9]
Honours
Club
International
- Runner-up (1): 1923–24
References
- ^ "Pololo, Miguel Durán Terry - Footballer". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1921". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Archived from the original on 15 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Biografía de Pololo en la página del Atlético de Lugones" [Pololo's biography on the Atlético de Lugones page]. www.telecable.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Spain - Cup 1926". RSSSF. 12 February 2001. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Pololo (Miguel Durán y Terry) - Infoatleti". www.infoatleti.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Pololo, international football player". eu-football.info. Archived from the original on 7 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "Squad of Centro 1923-24 Copa del Príncipe de Asturias". www.bdfutbol.com. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ Vicente Martínez Calatrava (17 August 2009). "La Copa Príncipe de Asturias" [The Prince of Asturias Cup] (in Spanish). CIHEFE. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ^ "ABC MADRID 31-10-1934 página 32". www.abc.es (in Spanish). 31 October 1934. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.