Francisco Varallo - Definition

Francisco Varallo (born February 5, 1910 in La Plata, Argentina) was a football player for Argentina and is the only survivor of the first World Cup Final, which took place in Montevideo, Uruguay on July 30, 1930.

Early in his career, Varallo was given the name 'Cañoncito.' Although not technically gifted, Varallo had an exceptional shooting abilty.

His first major club was Gimnasia y Esgrima de La Plata, who he played for between 1928 and 1930. He won the Amateur League Championship with them in 1929. After the World Cup, he was bought by Boca Juniors and he played for them between 1931 and 1939, becoming the club's top goal-scorer of all time, with 181 goals in just 209 matches in his eight years at the club. He also won the Professional League with Boca in 1931, 1934 and 1935 as well as coming second in that tournament in 1933.

It is his place as a runner-up in that inaugural World Cup more than seventy years ago, however, for which he is most famous. He has become even more well-known since he has outlived all 21 other players from that Final.

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• http://www.bocampeonweb.com.ar/Historia/jugadores/varallo.htm Francisco Varallo in Boca Juniors