Born in Córdoba in 1936, Manuel Benítez later known
as El Cordobés when he became a bullfighter, was raised in an orphanage in his home town. He was a construction worker, and inspired by a monument to the great matador Manolete in Córdoba, dreamed of being a bullfighter since
his teenage years. He would sneak into the pastures of some Ganaderia (Ranch raising fighting bulls) and prac-
tice by moonlight.
He finally vaulted over the fence as what is known as an espontáneo at a prestigious bullfi…
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