Delmiro Bernal

Delmiro Bernal
Personal information
Born(1923-11-24)24 November 1923
Zamora, Michoacán, Mexico
DiedAugust 2006 (aged 82)
Guadalajara, Mexico
Sport
SportWrestling

Delmiro Bernal Contreras (24 November 1923 – August 2006) was a Mexican wrestler and American football player and coach. He competed in the men's freestyle featherweight at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Bernal later won the silver medal in the featherweight at the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games.[1][2] He also won seven consecutive national championships.[3]

Bernal played college football at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), joining the Pumas in 1947 under legendary head coach Roberto "Tapatío" Méndez.[3] After skipping the 1948 season to wrestle in the Olympics, he returned to the team in 1949 as a starting guard.[3] Bernal participated in the inaugural game played at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario on 29 November 1952, helping the Pumas to a 20–19 win over the rival Burros Blancos of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN).[4] He won three national championships with the Pumas in 1947, 1951, and 1952, and was a three-time starter for Team Mexico in the Aztec Bowl.[3] After his playing career, Bernal became an assistant coach under Méndez in 1953, having already coached at the high school level since 1950.[3] He also coached the UNAM "B" team and, in 1968, he became the coordinator of football at UNAM.[3] Bernal went on to coach for the Frailes del Tepeyac and the Toros Salvajes Chapingo.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Delmiro Bernal". Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Delmiro Bernal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "El coach Delmiro Bernal y su legado" (in Spanish). mexicomaxico.org. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  4. ↑ López, Cristóbal (12 September 2019). "Pumas CU, fuertes y comprometidos". Gaceta UNAM (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
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