Héctor Castro

Héctor Castro was a Uruguayan footballer, a centre-forward nicknamed El Divino Manco, who became one of the national sporting icons of Uruguay despite losing his right arm below the elbow at the age of thirteen in an accident with an electric saw. He was born in Montevideo on 29 November 1904, though the Olympic record notes that his birth year could also be 1902, 1903 or 1905, and he died in Montevideo on 15 September 1960. He played for Club Nacional from 1923 to 1936, apart from a brief spell in Argentina, scoring 145 goals in 231 matches, and he helped Nacional win three national championships and took part in the Uruguayan teams that won the Copa America in 1926 and 1935. He won the football gold medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics and scored the decisive fourth goal for Uruguay in the 1930 World Cup final. After retiring as a player he coached Nacional to five national titles.