Tomás Balcázar

Tomás Balcázar
Personal information
Full name	Tomás Balcázar González
Date of birth	4 May 1931
Place of birth	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Date of death	26 April 2020 (aged 88)
Place of death	Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1948–1958	Guadalajara
International career
1953–1954	Mexico
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Tomás Balcázar González (4 May 1931 – 26 April 2020)[1] was a Mexican professional footballer who played as a forward. He played at club level for Guadalajara, and internationally for Mexico.^[4]

Football career

Tomás was a legend in Mexico for being in the "campeonísimo", which refers to the historic Guadalajara team that won 8 championships in 10 years.

International career

In the 1954 FIFA World Cup, Balcazar scored for Mexico against France.^[5]^[6] When he scored that goal Tomás was 22 years old, the same age his grandson Javier Hernández was during the 2010 FIFA World Cup when he scored against the French on 17 June 2010.^[7]

Personal life

Balcázar was the grandfather of

Tecos and was a member of the Mexico squad at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.^[9] On 5 June^[when?] he married Berta Calloino in Mexico City.^{[citation needed}

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