Adalberto López

Mexican footballer (1923-1996)

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Adalberto López (4 July 1923 – 15 December 1996) was a Mexican professional footballer who most played as a striker. Lopez scored a total of 201 goals in 231 matches in Liga MX.

Career

Born in Cocula, Jalisco, "El Dumbo" López played club football for Club Atlas, Club León, Club Oro and Chivas de Guadalajara, scoring a record 196 Mexican Primera División goals.^[1]

He was elected to the Mexican American Hall of Fame in 1988.^[2]

He died in Los Angeles in December 1996.^[3]

References

^ "Jared empata récord del ?Dumbo? López, 196 goles" (in Spanish). El Siglo de Torreón. 2 November 2003.
^ Arias Wood, Alfonso (June 3, 1988). "Adalberto Dumbo Lopez Elevado Al Salon De La Fama De Sacramento" (in Spanish). La Opinion.
^ "COCULENSE: ADALBERTO "DUMBO" LÒPEZ" (in Spanish). Cocula.us. 29 November 2009. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012.