Fidel Uriarte

Spanish football player and manager (1945-2016)

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Born: March 1, 1945
Died: December 19, 2016
Zodiac sign: Pisces
Birth year: 1945

About Fidel Uriarte

Fidel Uriarte Macho (1 March 1945 – 19 December 2016) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a striker. Having spent most of his 15-year career with Athletic Bilbao, he was crowned La Liga's Pichichi in 1968, winning two Copa del Rey and scoring more than 100 official goals with his main club. At the end of his fourth season, aged 21, he had already appeared in 100 league matches and scored 14 goals. Uriarte scored a career-best 22 goals in only 24 league games (35/28 overall) in the 1967–68 campaign, helping Athletic to finish in seventh place; on 31 December 1967, he contributed five to an 8–0 home demolition of Real Betis.

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The world when Fidel Uriarte was born

Fidel Uriarte was born in 1945. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1945

#1 song"Sentimental Journey" – Les Brown & Doris Day
Top movieThe Lost Weekend
Best-selling bookAnimal Farm – George Orwell

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentDetroit Tigers win the World Series
Top headlineWorld War II ends after atomic bombs dropped on Japan
Technology milestoneAtomic bomb developed and detonated (Manhattan Project)
Defining fadV-J Day celebrations
Notable inventionMicrowave oven (accidental discovery)
World population2.40 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt / Harry S. Truman
Sports championDetroit Tigers (World Series)
U.S. population139.9M

1945 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Fidel Uriarte's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1945	2026
Gas	$0.21	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,900	$435,000
Average income	$4,100	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.40	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.30	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	139.9M	341 million

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