José María Lavalle 1902 – 1984

Biography

José María Lavalle was born on April 21, 1902, in Lima, Peru, during a vibrant era of South American sport. He devoted his life to football, becoming part of Peru’s early athletic heritage during a formative period for the nation’s sporting culture. Throughout his career, Lavalle contributed to the development of the game in his homeland, representing the pioneering spirit of Peruvian athletes who helped establish football as a central part of the country’s identity.

Lavalle spent his entire life in Lima, the city of his birth, where he built his legacy as a footballer. His career spanned decades of Peru’s sporting evolution, allowing him to witness and participate in the country’s growing passion for the beautiful game. Though much of his personal story remains part of Peru’s unrecorded athletic history, his presence in the annals of Peruvian football endures as a testament to the early players who shaped the sport’s tradition.

José María Lavalle passed away on July 7, 1984, at the age of eighty-two, having lived a full life in the city he loved. He left behind a legacy as part of Peru’s foundational generation of footballers, remembered as one of the nation’s early sporting figures whose contributions helped establish the rich football culture that Peru enjoys today.