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Gallito

About Me

Jose Gomez was sometimes known as "Joselito" and sometimes as "Gallito", but either way, history holds him as perhaps the greatest matador to ever live. So perfect was he in the bullring that when he died as the result of a pointless mistake in front of a bull in Talavera De La Reina, many did not believe the news of his passing to be genuine. This page is a tribute to him and will have a number of blogs. There is also a photo gallery in the pics section, so please view it and leave a comment.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Toreros, aficionados, escritores taurinos y mas.

My Blog

Gallito Pasodoble

Many people mistakenly believe the popular pasodoble by Santiago Lupe played in both Spain and Mexico is in honor of the late Jose Gomez "Gallito" and it is not.This song was written in honor od Josei...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:11:00 GMT

Book Review: The Sands Run Red

The Sands Run Red is a book and e book at http://www.lulu.com/content/7359603 that deals with the grim topic of gorings and death in the ring.The death of Gallito is mentioned at length as well as who...
Posted by on Sat, 22 Aug 2009 05:04:00 GMT

Book Review: Tales From The Bullring

Tales From The Bullring is a large 475 page book and also available in an inexpensive e book form at http://www.lulu.com/content/5828139 that includes a multitude of  bullfight stories ranging from a ...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Feb 2009 17:44:00 GMT

Matadores book and a Mexican Gallito

Matadores by Dale Pierce will be out via Floricantio Press in California in July of 2008. Advance info at [email protected] for those interested in ordering from the publisher if a books s...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Film Review Museo Taurino

This low budget/no budget film may be seen on Amazon.com and elsewhere. There is a My Space page for it at http://www.myspace.com/museotaurino The film has its high points. If you keep your expectatio...
Posted by on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:35:00 GMT

Book Review Of Gates Of Fear

Gates Of Fear is long out of print by Barnaby Conrad, who was a prolific writer of bullfighting books in the 1960's. This book, however, received wide distribution and is still found both on ebay and ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 03:53:00 GMT

The Last Day

On May 16, 1920, Gallito and Ignacio Sanchez Mejias made the parade in Talavera De La Reina , bent on giving the people a tremendous showing,. Gallito's father had inaugurated this plaza as a matador ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jun 2006 17:39:00 GMT

Rafael El Gallo

Rafael Gomez "El Gallo" was the older brother of Gallito and a cpaable matador in his own right, though the exact opposite in many ways. Where Gallito was tall and dashing, Gallo was short and bald. W...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:38:00 GMT

Ignacio Sanchez Mejias

Ignacio Sanchez Mejias was a very good torero, but nowhere near as great as his brother-in-laws, El Gallo and Gallito. While he was daring with the capote and muleta, his strong point always was the b...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:39:00 GMT

Save The Galgos

Let us take a moment away from bullfighting for a minute and speak of something else important. the bullfight is not for everyone and some people absolutely hate it. me, because it has always been a p...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 16:12:00 GMT