Jesús Narro Sancho (4 January 1922 – 1 July 1987) was a Spanish footballer. As a left midfielder, he was part of Real Murcia for three seasons scoring 21 goals, 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 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.

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) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1943–1948 Real Murcia 90 (16)
1948–1952 Real Madrid 66 (13)
1952–1953 Sporting de Gijón 12 (1)
1953–1954 Real Madrid 7 (3)
1954 Real Murcia 14 (6)
Total 189 (31)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Early life

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Narro was born in Tolosa, Gipuzkoa, Spain, on 4 January 1922.[2]

Outstanding performances

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

His most outstanding performance was on 14 January 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 on 15 October 1950 against Club Deportivo Alcoyano and a poker-of-goals (4) on 8 October 1950 against the now extinct UE Lleida in Catalonia.[4]

Retirement

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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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# Date Venue Team Played Opponent Score Time Result Competition
1 15 October 1944 Murcia Real Murcia Sevilla FC '7 3-1 La Liga[5]
2 '17
3 17 March 1946 Murcia Real Murcia Sevilla FC '3 1–1 La Liga[6]
4 24 March 1946 Gijón Real Murcia Sporting de Gijón '52 2–0 La Liga[7]
5 31 March 1946 Murcia Real Murcia RCD Espanyol '11 2-2 La Liga[8]
6 20 April 1947 Murcia Real Murcia Levante UD '25 1–3 Copa del Rey[9]
7 1 October 1947 Murcia Real Murcia Barakaldo CF '38 4–1 La Liga[10]
8 4 January 1948 Murcia Real Murcia Levante UD '50 3-0 La Liga[11]
9 18 January 1948 Murcia Real Murcia RCD Córdoba '61 2–0 La Liga[12]
10 11 April 1948 Granada Real Murcia Granada CF '46 3-4 La Liga[13]
11 1 October 1947 Murcia Real Murcia Levante UD '59 3–0 Copa del Rey[14]
12 4 January 1948 Murcia Real Murcia Valencia CF Mestalla '38 5-0 Copa del Rey
13 '62
14 18 January 1948 Murcia Real Murcia Real Oviedo '19 2–0 Copa del Rey
15 11 April 1948 Oviedo Real Murcia Real Oviedo '54 2-2 Copa del Rey
16 11 April 1948 Murcia Real Murcia RCD Espanyol '61 2-2 Copa del Rey
17 12 February 1950 Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Atlético de Madrid '30 1-5 La Liga
18 8 October 1950 Lleida Real Madrid C.F. UE Lleida '26 6-1 La Liga
19 '38
20 '49
21 '72
22 15 October 1950 Madrid Real Madrid C.F. CD Alcoyano '41 7-0 La Liga
23 '72
24 '89
25 29 October 1950 Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Sevilla FC '51 3-3 La Liga
26 14 January 1950 Madrid Real Madrid C.F. FC Barcelona '8 4-1 La Liga
27 '17
28 '29
29 25 November 1951 Madrid Real Madrid C.F. Deportivo de La Coruña '31 3-2 La Liga
30 8 February 1953 Gijón Sporting de Gijón Deportivo de La Coruña '70 1-1 La Liga
31 14 February 1954 Murcia Real Murcia CD Alcoyano '44 4-0 Segunda División
32 21 February 1954 Murcia Real Murcia Real Balompédica Linense '25 3-1 Segunda División
33 28 March 1954 Murcia Real Murcia UD Melilla '80 4-2 Segunda División
34 4 April 1954 Murcia Real Murcia Unión Deportiva España '20 2-1 Segunda División
35 25 April 1954 Murcia Real Murcia Hércules CF '55 2-3 Segunda División
36 6 June 1954 Murcia Real Murcia San Fernando CD '45 3-2 Segunda División

References

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  1. ^ "Jesús Narro Sancho".
  2. ^ El Aguanis
  3. ^ Football Matches History "Real Madrid FC 4:1 FC Barcelona", Weltfussball, Austria, Retrieved on 15 May 2016.
  4. ^ Historical Database of Football "Statistics of Jesus Narro Sancho Footballer", BDFutbol, Madrid, Spain, Retrieved on 15 May 2016.
  5. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  6. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  7. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  8. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  9. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  10. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  11. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  12. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  13. ^ Historical Soccer Database
  14. ^ Historical Soccer Database