Goal by Scarone

The 1928 Olympic Final replay.
Roberto Figueroa gets past Segundo Medici and sends in a cross; René Borjas beats Paternoster and heads the ball into the path of the oncoming Hector Scarone. 'Yours, Hector!' 
2-1 Uruguay, 73rd minute.
The illustration is not contemporary as the artist has drawn a D (penalty arc). 
I have seen evidence of the D being used on the continent before 1937 (I will cover this in a later post- someday!)
At 3:54 in the film it does look like there is a D!



Looks like it was an action packed game.

1930

Gold medals from the 1930 World Cup. These were presented to Hector Scarone and Jose Leandro Andrade. The 18 carat medals measure 4cm x 2cm and weigh 25 grammes.
The Uruguayan Football Association also presented the players with replicas of the Trophy 'Victory', later named in honour of Jules Rimet.

This model was the property of Uruguay captain, Jose Nasazzi.

El Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones-Player of the Tournament

1916: Isabelino Gradín (Uruguay)
The Peñarol  forward scored three goals in the tournament. His inclusion drew complaints from Chile, claiming he was'African'. Gradín was four-time South American athletics champion in the 400 and 200 metres sprint.

1917: Héctor Scarone (Uruguay) Scarone was at the heart of the Uruguay team during the Golden Decade of the 1920s. In 1917 his illustrious international career was just beginning. The 18 year old  made his debut just a few weeks before the South American Championships kicked off . He scored the first of his 31 international goals in the 4-0 win over Brazil and another against Argentina. Of the 9 goals that Uruguay scored in the tournament, 5 came from the Scarone brothers, Carlos and Hector. Their Nacional partner Angel Romano was tournament top scorer with 4.

1919: Arthur Friedenreich (Brazil)

At the time Friedenreich's club was Paulistano. Fried scored a hat trick in Brazil's opening game, a 6-0 win over Chile, and the winning goal in the final play off against Uruguay . This made him the tournament's top scorer. He was a national hero, with his boot being paraded around Rio and displayed in a shop window. 

1920: José Piendibene (Uruguay) Peñarol's Piendibene scored one goal in three matches. He was a creative player influential in the further development of a Uruguayan style of football.

1921: Américo Tesoriere (Argentina)  Argentina's goalkeeper kept a clean sheet throughout the tournamnet, (3 matches) as the Albiceleste won their first title.  Tesoriere's club at the time was Sportivo del Norte, in  the only season of his career spent away from Boca Juniors. Juniors.

1922: Agostinho Fortes Filho (Brazil) Fortes was a wing half who played for Fulminense, As an 17 year old he had played in Brazil's first triumph in 1919.

1923: José Nasazzi (Uruguay) The legendary captain, El Gran Mariscal, was in his first season of international football and playing for the Bella Vista club when he won his first of 4 South American championships.

1924:Pedro Petrone (Uruguay) Artillero moved from Solferino to Nacional in 1924. He was the South American Championship's leading scorer for the second year in a row. 

1925: Manuel Seoane (Argentina)  La Chancha scored 6 goals ( he scored in every game and got a hattrick against Brazil) as Argentina claimed their second title.  He was acknowledged to be un futbolista completo by the Argentine sporting press. 

1926: Jose Andrade (Uruguay) La maravilla negra was another of Uruguayan football's black stars of the Golden Decade of the 1920s. Andrade controlled the midfield as he won his third South American Championship. 
















1927: Manuel Seoane (Argentina) Seoane became the first man to be named player of the tournament twice. His only goals (2) came in a 7-1 demolition of Bolivia, but his influence created plenty of opportunities for others as Argentina clocked up 15 goals in the tournament.

1929: Manuel Nolo Ferreira (Argentina) A versatile player and a great motivator.  Argentina got some degree of revenge for their previous year's defeat in the Olympics (then considered a world championship) beating Uruguay 2-0 in the final game of the competition.














1935: José Nasazzi (Uruguay) Nasazzi's personal haul of honours was very impressive by now, as he had led Uruguay to 2 Olympic Gold medals, a World Cup and now his 4th South American Championship. 
He ran the Uruguay defence as they conceded only 1 goal in a tournament that yielded an average of 3 goals a game.



1937: Vicente de la Mata (Argentina) An expanded champioship of 6 teams. 19 year old de la Mata scored twice in extra time in the play off  as Brazil were beaten 2-0.

El Campeonato Sudamericano de Selecciones 1917

The second edition of the Copa America (although that name was not used until 1975) took place in Uruguay in September-October 1917. Uruguay successfully defended their title.
The tournament was a 4 team league, but the championship was decided in the final match played.
Uruguay had beaten Chile and Brazil 4-0 whilst Argentina had beaten Brazil 4-2 and Chile 1-0. In the other match played Brazil beat Chile 5-0.
So, to the final game, played at Parque Pereira, Montevideo on 14th October 1917 in front of a crowd of 40,000. Héctor Scarone got the only goal of the game in the 62nd minute. 

7th October 1917: Uruguay take the field against Brazil

Uruguay 

Brazil vs Argentina

Argentina vs Uruguay

Parque Pereira was the venue for all the matches.

Of the 9 goals that Uruguay scored in the tournament, 5 came from the Scarone brothers, Carlos and Hector. Their Nacional partner Angel Romano was tournament top scorer with 4.

Nacional Tour of Europe 1925

Uruguay made a good impression on the European public with their Olympic winning display in 1924, and football fans were keen to see more of the South American style. 

Nacional was invited to make an extensive European tour, playing 38 matches over six months. They must have become experts on European railways!  

Nacional played against both national squads and professional club teams from 9 European countries. 

Nacional won 26 matches, drew 7, and lost 5.

There is a good Spanish  language site on the tour, with line ups, photographs* and match reports here.  

France

08.03.25       Nacional   3-1   Ile de France   (Colombes, Paris: 20,000)
15.03.25       Nacional   5-0  Normandy  (Stade des Bruyères,Rouen: 16,000)
19.03.25       Nacional   0-0   France -30 mins each way (Velódromo Buffalo, Paris: 40,000 )
22.03.25       Nacional   7-0   Roubaix    (Parc Jean Dubrulle, Roubaix: 15,000)
29.03.25       Nacional   4-0   Stade Bordelaise   (Stade de Sainte-Germaine, Bordeaux: 25,000)

Italy

  05.04.25       Nacional   3-0  Genoa FC  (Stadio Marassi, Genoa:18,000)

Spain

11.04.25      Nacional    0-1   Esportiu Europa  (Campo del Guinardó, Barcelona: 9,000)
12.04.25      Nacional    2-2   FC Barcelona  (Las Corts,Barcelona: 50,000)
13.04.25      Nacional    1-2   Catalonia XI (Las Corts, Barcelona: 25,000)
16.04.25      Nacional    1-1    Esportiu Europa (Campo del Guinardó , Barcelona: 11,000)
19.04.25      Nacional    2-2    Valencia XI  (Estadio Municipal, Valencia:15,000)
23.04.25      Nacional   13-1   Manacor FC  (Manacor: 10,000)  
26.4.25      Nacional       6-0      Balearic Isles XI   (Palmas de Mallorca, Palma: 5,000)   
  1.05.25      Nacional    2-1    Rey Alfonso XIII  (Palmas de Mallorca,  Palma: 6,000) 
 3.05.25      Nacional    4-1    Balearic Isles XI (Palmas de Mallorca,  Palma: 6,000)

Netherlands

10.05.25      Nacional    7-0   Netherlands (Schuttersveld, Rotterdam: 20,000)

Czechoslovakia

14.05.25      Nacional    0-1   Sparta  Prague    (Letná Stadium, Prague: 40,000)

France

17.05.25    Nacional  (reserves)    3-0 Franco-Swiss XI        (Paris: 7,000)

Belgium

17.05.25    Nacional    2-1    Brussels XI (Oscar Bossaert Stadium,Brussels:18,000)

France

21.05.25    Nacional    2-1     League of Alsace  (Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg: 12,000)

Belgium

 24.05.25    Nacional    5-1     Belgium        (Brussels: 12,000)   
31.05.25     Nacional    1-2     Belgium        (Olympic Stadium, Antwerp: 55,000)

France

  04.06.25    Nacional     6-0      France         (Stade Bergeyre, París: 12,000)

Switzerland 

  07.06.25   Nacional     5-2     Switzerland     (Landhof, Basel: 12,000)

Austria

11 .06.25   Nacional     1-1     Austria  (Plater, Vienna: 70,000)  
17 .06.25   Nacional     6-0     Tyrol XI  (Innsbruck: 15,000)

 Switzerland 

21 .06.25   Nacional     5-1         Switzerland (Utogrund, Zurich: 15,000)

                                                                          Austria 
25.06.25   Nacional     2-1          Rapid Wien  (Vienna: 25,000)   
28.06.25   Nacional     2-0          Austria  (Vienna: 50,000)

Spain

   05.07.25   Nacional     0-1          Esportiu Europa (Estadio Europa, Barcelona: 25,000)  
   09.07.25   Nacional     4-2          Unión Sportiva  (Gerona: 6,000)
 12.07.25   Nacional     4-0          Catalonia XI (Las Corts, Barcelona: 30,000)

Portugal

 16.07.25   Nacional     7-2         Oporto XI  (Oporto, Porto:15,000)  

 20.07.25   Nacional     5-0         Sporting  (Sporting, Lisbon: 25,000)
 26.07.25   Nacional     5-2        Oporto XI  (Oporto, Porto:15,000)

Spain

    02.08.25   Nacional    2-2         Celta de Vigo  (Riazor, Vigo: 12,000)
    06.08.25   Nacional    0-0         Deportivo La Coruña (Real Deportivo,La Coruña: 20,000)   
   08.08.25   Nacional    3-0         Deportivo La Coruña (Real Deportivo,La Coruña: 20,000)

P	W	D	L	F	A
38	26	7	5	130	30

Héctor  Scarone

Scorers:

Héctor  Scarone 26; Héctor Castro 19; Borjas 17; Pedro Petrone  15; Pedro Cea 13; José Nazzasi, Suffiotti  10; Santos Urdinarán, Cassanello 5; Carlos Scarone 3; Rodolfo Marán 2; Miramontes, Ángel Romano, Ghierra,  Barlocco,  Alfredo Zibechi 1.        

* The photograph accompanying the report of Game 8 shows a ten yard arc on the edge of the penalty area, as does the movie of the Genoa game! The ten yard arc was not introduced until 1937... I'm looking into this.