Antonio López Herranz

Antonio López Herranz

Personal information
Full name	José Antonio López Herranz
Date of birth	4 May 1913
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Date of death	29 September 1959 (aged 46)
Place of death	Los Angeles, United States
Playing position	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1936	Real Madrid	1	(1)
1937–1938	América
1939–1940	Real Madrid	2	(0)
1940–1941	Hércules	15	(6)
Total		18	(7)
Teams managed
1950	Mexico
1951–1952	León
1952	Mexico
1953–1959	Mexico
1955–1956	León
1957–1958	León
Honours Representing  Mexico Men's Football Central American and Caribbean Games 1938 Panama Team Competition
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Antonio López Herranz (4 May 1913 – 29 September 1959) was a football striker and manager.

Playing career

Born in Madrid, López Herranz spent two seasons with local Real Madrid, appearing in only three games in La Liga during his spell and scoring in a 3–3 home draw against Sevilla FC on 8 March 1936 which was his debut.^[1] The competition was not held from 1936 to 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War, and he played one year in Mexico with Club América during that hiatus.

López Herranz signed with Hércules CF, also in the Spanish top flight, in the 1940 summer. During his only season, in which the Valencian Community club narrowly avoided relegation, he netted braces against Real Murcia (4–0, home)^[2] and Sevilla (3–8 away loss).^[3]

Managerial career

López Herranz returned to Mexico at the start of World War II, and definitely settled there. He started working with Club León.

López Herranz was head coach of the Mexican national side in two FIFA World Cups, 1954 and 1958.^[4] The team only managed to collect one point both tournaments combined, with the subsequent group stage eliminations.^[5][6][7]

Death

López Herranz died in Los Angeles, United States on 29 September 1959, due to severe respiratory problems which even required the insertion of an artificial lung. He was 46 years old.^[8]

Honours

Player

Club

Real Madrid

• Copa del Generalísimo: 1936

Country

• Central American and Caribbean Games: Gold medal 1938

Manager

León

• Liga MX: 1951-52, 1955–56
• Copa MX: 1957–58
• Campeón de Campeones: 1956

References

1. "Madrid, 3 – Sevilla, 3" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 9 March 1936. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
2. "Hércules, 4 – Murcia, 0" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 30 September 1940. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
3. "Sevilla, 8 – Hércules, 3" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 11 November 1940. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
4. "Mexico National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 May 2005.
5. "Francia, 3 – Méjico, 2" [France, 3 – Mexico, 2] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 20 June 1954. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
6. "Méjico, 1 – País de Gales, 1" [Mexico, 1 – Wales, 1] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 12 June 1958. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
7. "Hungría, 4 – Méjico, 0" [Hungary, 4 – Mexico, 0] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 16 June 1958. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
8. "Antonio López Herrans, ha fallecido en Los Angeles" [Antonio López Herrans, has died in Los Angeles] (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. 30 September 1959. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

External links

• Antonio López Herranz profile at BDFutbol