Ramón de Mendizábal Amezaga (5 November 1914 – 11 February 1938), known as Mendizábal in his playing days, was a Spanish

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who played as a

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Club career

He was a prominent player in the 1930s. In the 1933–34 season won promotion to the second level with

Hércules CF Hércules de Alicante Club de Fútbol, S.A.D. () is a List of football clubs in Spain, Spanish football team in Alicante, in the Valencian Community. Founded on 25 October 1922, it currently plays in Primera Federación and plays its home games ...

. In the 1935–36 season was uncovered as much right wing player in Hércules, in the top flight. Mendizábal served with the

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during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

and died in a plane crash in 1938.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mendizabal, Ramon 1914 births 1938 deaths People from Santurtzi Spanish men's footballers Men's association football wingers La Liga players Tercera División players Real Madrid CF players Atlético Madrid footballers Hércules CF players Footballers from Biscay Spanish military personnel killed in the Spanish Civil War (National faction) 20th-century Spanish sportsmen