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José María Castellanos

José María Castellanos Ledo, nicknamed Chitín, was a Spanish engineer and footballer who played as a defender for Athletic Bilbao. He spent his entire career at Athletic, his hometown club, being a member of the great side coached by Fred Pentland that won two La Ligas and three Copa del Rey titles in the early 1930s.

Playing career
José Maria Castellanos was born on 8 April 1909 in Bilbao, Biscay, and began his footballing career at his hometown club Athletic Bilbao in 1928, at the age of 19, He was also part of the first team to win the league unbeaten in 1930, with 12 wins and 6 draws. In total, he played 149 official matches for Athletic; 80 in the League, 34 in the Cup, 35 in the Regional Championship. ==Later life==
Later life
After he retired from football, Castellanos fell in love with the sport of tennis, a passion that his son José María Castellanos Dueñas also inherited; in fact, the Euskadi Absolute Tennis Championship is named after both. He was also a president of the tennis federation of the South Basque Country. Having studied Industrial Engineering, he dedicated himself professionally to working in the Altos Hornos de Vizcaya, which was the largest company in Spain for much of the 20th century, employing 40,000 workers at its height. ==Death==
Death
Castellanos died in Bilbao on 21 July 1973, at the age of 64. ==Honours==
Honours
Athletic BilbaoLa Liga: 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34Copa del Rey: 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933Biscay Championship (5): 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 ==References==
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