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Joselito

Personal information
Birth name	José Gómez Ortega
Nickname(s)	Gallito Joselito el Gallo
Born	(1895-05-08)8 May 1895 Gelves, Andalucia, Spain
Died	16 May 1920(1920-05-16) (aged 25) Talavera de la Reina, Spain
Sport
Sport	Bullfighting
Rank	Matador
Bullfighting career
School	Sevillan
Début novillero	1 October 1912 Fuente de Berro
Alternativa	28 September 1912
• Place	Seville
• Godfather	Fernando Gómez García
Relatives	Fernando Gómez García Rafael Gómez Ortega Ignacio Sánchez Mejías

José Gómez Ortega (8 May 1895 – 16 May 1920), commonly known as Joselito (Spanish pronunciation: [xoseˈlito]), was a Spanish matador in the early twentieth century.

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 archrival Juan Belmonte's footsteps and the two ushered in bullfighting's "Golden Age" during the second decade of the 20th century. Joselito and Belmonte 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.

Joselito was fatally gored in the ring by the bull "Bailador" ("Dancer") in Talavera de la Reina at the age of 25, where he was appearing with the matador Ignacio Sánchez Mejías. Upon Joselito's death, the Virgin of Hope of Macarena was dressed in an entirely black ensemble to acknowledge the public's heavy grief.

Biography

Early life

José Gómez Ortega was born on 8 May 1895 in Huerta de El Algarrobo, Gelves (Andalusia, Spain) to Fernando Gómez García, a bullfighter, and Gabriela Ortega Feria, 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.

References

1. ^ Death and money in the afternoon: a history of the Spanish bullfight. p. 67

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