Bernabé Ferreyra
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Bernabé Ferreyra (February 12, 1909 – May 22, 1972) was an Argentine football forward, one of the first professional players in the Argentine Football Association to reach great popularity to the point that a movie was made about his life.
Ferreyra was born in the city of Rufino, Santa Fe. In 1927 he started his football career in Tigre club, when Argentinian football was still amateur. In 1932 he transferred to River Plate, for an unheard of amount in those days. He played until retirement in1939.
Throughout his career he was know as The Mortar of Rufino, due to his capacity as a striker and his strong kick. He was also known as La Fiera (Spanish for The Beast).
He obtained 3 cups as player, all of them in River Plate, in 1932, 1936 and 1937. In the 1932 League tournament he was the top scorer with 43 goals, this also gave him the title of top scorer in South America. He was briefly in the Argentina National Team, but did not get to play in any World Cups.
He is one of the few Argentinian professional footballers with an average of more than 1 goal per match, having made 206 goals in 197 games.
His fame and striking strength was such that the newspaper Crítica gave a prize to the first goalkeeper that played Ferreyra without receiving a goal.
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