Alcides Ghiggia
1926 – 2015 · aged 89
Uruguayan footballer (1926-2015)
- Born
- 22 Dec 1926 · Montevideo
- Died
- 16 Jul 2015 · Las Piedras
Life timeline
Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.
- 22 Dec 1926BornBorn in Montevideo
- 1945 – 1948TeamSud América
- 1946 – 1947TeamC.A. Progreso
- 1948 – 1953TeamClub Atlético Peñarol
- 1950Took part1950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1952TeamUruguay men's national football team
- 1953 – 1961TeamAS Roma
- 1957 – 1959TeamItaly men's national association football team
- 1961 – 1962TeamAC Milan
- 1962 – 1967TeamDanubio F.C.
- 16 Jul 2015DiedDied in Las Piedras
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1926 – 2015).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
- 19901990 FIFA World Cup
Biography
Alcides Edgardo Ghiggia Pereyra (22 December 1926 – 16 July 2015) was a Uruguayan and Italian footballer who played as a right winger. He achieved lasting fame for his decisive role in the final match of the 1950 World Cup, and at the time of his death exactly 65 years later, he was also the last surviving player of Uruguay's 1950 World Cup squad.
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