Jesús Narro

Personal information
Full name	Jesús Narro Sancho[1]
Date of birth	(1922-01-04)4 January 1922
Place of birth	Tolosa, Guipúzcoa, Spain
Date of death	1 July 1987(1987-07-01) (aged 65)
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Midfield
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1943–1948	Real Murcia	90	(16)
1948–1952	Real Madrid C. F.	66	(13)
1952–1953	Sporting de Gijón	12	(1)
1953–1954	Real Madrid C. F.	7	(3)
1954	Real Murcia	14	(6)
Total		189	(31)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jesús Narro Sancho (4 January 1922 – 1 July 1987) was a renowned footballer born in Tolosa, Guipúzcoa, Spain, on January 4, 1922.^[2] As a left midfielder he was part of Real Murcia for three seasons scoring 21 goals, Real Sporting de Gijón for part of a season as a loan, scoring one goal and at his peak he was part of the Real Madrid C.F. for six seasons scoring 13 goals and being part of the team that won the league title in his final season in La Liga with the team "merengue" along with the great Alfredo Di Stéfano.

Outstanding performances

Real Madrid FC Official Team Photo 1949 (Jesus Narro Sancho in Red)

His most outstanding performance was on January 14, 1951 by being on the initial line-up and performing a hat-trick (min. '8 '17 and '29) in the Spanish derby against FC Barcelona.^[3] Real Madrid won the game by a score of 4–1 and was cheered by 75.145 spectators who attended the game at Chamartin Stadium, currently known as Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Don Jesus scored another hat-trick (3 goals) on October 15, 1950 against Club Deportivo Alcoyano and a poker-of-goals (4) on October 8, 1950 against the now extinct UE Lleida in Catalonia.^[4]

Retirement

With a total of 13.452 minutes in La Liga of Spain, starting in 150 games, 23 games in Copa del Rey Don Jesus Narro Sancho retired from professional soccer at age 31.

Professional goals

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