Carlos Arruza
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Carlos Arruza (born Carlos Ruiz Camino, February 17, 1920, Mexico City; died May 20, 1966, near Mexico City) was one of the most prominent bullfighters of the 20th century. He was known as "El Ciclón" ("the cyclone").
Arruza was born in Mexico to Spanish parents. He began fighting bulls at age 14 in Mexico City, and moved to Spain in 1944. He and Manolete were Spain's top matadors of the 1940s.
Arruza retired to a ranch outside Mexico City in 1953, but made a comeback as a rejoneador, fighting bulls from horseback. He appeared in two Mexican films about bullfighting, and had a part in the 1960 John Wayne film The Alamo. He was the subject of the 1971 documentary Arruza, directed by Budd Boetticher. Arruza's sons, Manolo and Carlos Jr., also became prominent toreros.
Carlos Arruza died on May 20, 1966 in an automobile accident while on the road from Toluca, Mexico to Mexico City.
[edit] External links
- Encyclopedia Britannica entry
- Lyn Sherwood, Reflections on the Last ‘Golden Age’ And a Lament For The Current “Bronze Age”", La Prensa San Diego, Apr. 30, 2004
- Carlos Arruza at the Internet Movie Database
- Carlos Arruza at ToroPedia.com, the english language online encyclopedia of bullfighting.
