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Antonio López Herranz
	López Herranz in 1952
Personal information
Full name	José Antonio López Herranz
Date of birth	4 May 1913
Place of birth	Madrid, Spain
Date of death	29 September 1959 (aged 46)
Place of death	Los Angeles, United States
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team
1934–1935	Nacional Madrid
1935–1936	Real Madrid
1937–1938	América
1939–1940	Real Madrid
1940–1941	Hércules
1941–1942	Sabadell
1942–1944	Mallorca
Total
Managerial career
1950	Mexico
1951–1952	León
1952	Mexico
1953–1959	Mexico
1955–1956	León
1957–1958	León
Medal record
Representing Mexico
Men's Football
Central American and Caribbean Games
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antonio López Herranz (4 May 1913 – 29 September 1959) was a Spanish professional football striker and manager.

Playing career

Born in Madrid, López Herranz spent two seasons with local Real Madrid, appearing in only three games in La Liga during his spell and scoring in a 3–3 home draw against Sevilla FC on 8 March 1936 which was his debut.^[1] The competition was not held from 1936 to 1939 due to the Spanish Civil War, and he played one year in Mexico with Club América during that hiatus.^[2]

López Herranz signed for Hércules CF, also in the Spanish top flight, in 1940. In his only season, in which the Valencian Community club narrowly avoided relegation, he netted braces against Real Murcia (4–0, home)^[3] and Sevilla (8–3 away loss).^[4]

Coaching career

López Herranz returned to Mexico at the start of World War II, and definitely settled there. He started working with Club León.^[5]

López Herranz was head coach of the Mexico national side in two FIFA World Cups, 1954 and 1958.^[6] The team only managed to collect one point from both tournaments, with the subsequent group-stage eliminations.^[7]^[8]^[9]

Death

López Herranz died in Los Angeles, United States on 29 September 1959, due to severe respiratory problems which even required the insertion of an artificial lung. He was 46 years old.^[10]

Honours

Player

Mexico

Central American and Caribbean Games: 1938^[11]

Manager

León

References

^ "Madrid, 3 – Sevilla, 3". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 9 March 1936. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ Cañada, Iván (13 December 2016). "Elementos que han militado en el América y el Real Madrid" [Individuals with América and Real Madrid spells] (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ "Hércules, 4 – Murcia, 0". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 September 1940. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ "Sevilla, 8 – Hércules, 3". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 11 November 1940. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rodríguez, Salvador (20 August 2023). "Club León 79 años de historia y tradición" [Club León 79 years of history and tradition] (in Spanish). Territorio Esmeralda. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ Olenev, Maxim. "Mexico National Team Coaches". RSSSF. Retrieved 29 May 2005.
^ Ahler, Robert (20 June 1954). "Francia, 3 – Méjico, 2" [France, 3 – Mexico, 2]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ "Méjico, 1 – País de Gales, 1" [Mexico, 1 – Wales, 1]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 12 June 1958. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ "Hungría, 4 – Méjico, 0" [Hungary, 4 – Mexico, 0]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 16 June 1958. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
^ "Antonio López Herrans, ha fallecido en Los Angeles" [Antonio López Herrans, has died in Los Angeles]. Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). 30 September 1959. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^ Ballesteros, Frank; Cameron, Myk; Courtney, Barrie; Garin, Erik; Mendoza, Eduardo; Morrison, Neil. "Central American and Caribbean Games Games 1938 (Panama)". RSSSF. Retrieved 17 October 2023.