Enrique Robles of Madrid, Spain, also known as Chicorrito was a champion torero in Mexico and in Spain. [1] By 1927 he had killed over 1,000 bulls and had 70 scars from being gored. [2]
Enrique Robles of Madrid, Spain, also known as Chicorrito was a champion torero in Mexico and in Spain. [1] By 1927 he had killed over 1,000 bulls and had 70 scars from being gored. [2]
He toured the United States between 1902 and 1929 giving bullfights. [3] In 1929 he had to cancel his exhibition when the police refused to let him hold a demonstration in Times Square. [4] He may be buried in Valencia, Spain. [5]
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Sing a song of mantillas and grated windows and flirtatious eyes and six bulls to die, for Robles, the matador, has come to town, and the Spanish part of the populace is on tiptoe for a chance to see the champion of the arenas of Madrid and Mexico slay Andalusian bulls one after another while it looks on. Enrique Robles, scion of a Castilian family, as he explained yesterday at the ..., was not destined for the bull ring by his parents. ...
Senor Enrique Robles here from Madrid known throughout Spain as Chicorrito and as having killed 1,000 bulls ... body is scarred with seventy wounds ...
... held here Enrique Robles a Spanish matador who has been giving exhibitions all over the State narrowly escaped being gored and killed by an enraged bull ...
In the picturesque mufti-colored garb of a toreador, Enrique Robles of Madrid appeared yesterday afternoon in Times Square, according to announcement, ...
He encontrado una página que hablaba de la tragedia que ocurrió ese 22 de septiembre de 1.957, y que les cita a Vds. como fuente. ...Hoy yace en Valencia, junto a un señor cuyo epitafio reza: "Chicorrito, el más grande aficionao del toreo. Gracias Maestro".
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