Birth name Jose Gomez Ortega Name Jose Ortega Role Matador | School Sevillan Rank Torero Alternativa 28 September 1912 | |
Nickname(s) GallitoJoselito el Gallo Debut novillero 1 October 1912Fuente de Berro Died May 16, 1920, Talavera de la Reina, Spain | ||
Muerte de jos g mez ortega joselito el gallo el as ruvalcaba minotauro
José Gómez Ortega (8 May 1895 — 16 May 1920), commonly known as Joselito ([xoseˈlito]), was a Spanish matador in the early twentieth century.
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- Muerte de jos g mez ortega joselito el gallo el as ruvalcaba minotauro
- MUERTE torera DE JOSELITO El Gallo Elas Ruvalcaba Minotauro
- Early life
- References
Younger brother of matador de toros Rafael Gómez Ortega ("El Gallo"), Joselito was considered a child prodigy and was the youngest bullfighter to receive the title of matador de toros, at the age of 17, with his brother as "padrino". Joselito followed in arch-rival Juan Belmonte's footsteps and the two ushered in bullfighting's "Golden Age" during the second decade of the 20th Century. Joselito was fatally gored in the ring by the bull "Bailaor" in Talavera de la Reina at the age of 25, where he was appearing with the matador Ignacio Sánchez Mejías.
Belmonte and Gómez are widely considered to be among the most famous bullfighters of all time, and their professional rivalry did not prevent their developing a close personal friendship. Upon Joselito's death, the Virgin of Hope of Macarena was famously dressed in an entirely-black ensemble to acknowledge the public's heavy grief; to date, this tribute has never been repeated in Spanish history.
MUERTE torera DE JOSELITO "El Gallo" (Elías Ruvalcaba "Minotauro").
Early life
José Gómez Ortega was born on 8 May 1895 in Huerta de El Algarrobo, Gelves (Andalusia, Spain) to Fernando Gómez García (1847 — 1897), a bullfighter, and Gabriela Ortega Feria (1862 — 1919), a flamenco singer.
Joselito was a third-generation bullfighter. His father Fernando Gómez García, known as El Gallo (The Rooster) - Joselito's previous nickname, Gallito, was a diminutive form of this nickname; His elder brother Rafael Gómez Ortega, was also a bullfighter known as El Gallo.
