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'''Telmo Zarraonandia Montoya''', known as '''Zarra''' was a [[Spanish football league teams|Spanish football]] player for [[Athletic Bilbao]] from [[1940]] to [[1955]]. He was born in Asua in [[Vizcaya]] on [[January 30]] [[1921]].

Signing after playing one season for Erandio, he became a prolific goalscorer for Athletic and won the [[Pichichi]] award for top-scorer six times. He scored more goals (230) than any other player in Spanish football history. He also holds the record for most goals in a season - the 1950-51 season, when he scored 38 times in 1950-51.

Despite this excellent record, he only played for the Spanish national side twenty times. Even so, he still managed to score 20 goals, including four in one match when Spain beat Switzerland 6-3 on [[February 18]] [[1951]].