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Montevideo, May 31st 2025 - 05:12 UTC

Tag: Argentina 1978 World Cup

  • Monday, May 5th 2025 - 19:59 UTC

    Argentine “full-time” 1978 World football champ Luis Galván dies, aged 77

    Luis Galván played Argentina's all 7 games in the 1978 World Cup, never being substituted. He donned the #7 jersey and was 77 years old at the time of his passing

    Argentine “full-time” 1978 World Cup-winning defender Luis Adolfo Galván died Monday at the age of 77 due to bilateral pneumonia and kidney failure, just one year after that team's coach, César Luis Menotti. Since Menotti chose to number them in alphabetical order, Luis Galván donned the “7” jersey. He was in the starting lineup for all seven of Argentina's matches and was never substituted throughout the tournament, a record he shared only with Ubaldo Fillol (Goalkeeper - #5), Daniel Passarella (Defender, captain, #19), Alberto Tarantini (Defender, #20), and Mario Kempes (Forward, top scorer, #10).