Editing Telmo Zarra (section)

==Early life==
Zarra was born on 20 January 1921 at the [[Asúa]] train station in [[Erandio]], Biscay. He was the son of Telmo Zarraonandía, an engineer and head of Asúa station, and Tomasa Montoya. Zarra was the seventh of ten children, five of them boys. The family was of [[Romani people|Romani]] descent.<ref>Kassimeris, Christos (2009). Anti-Racism in European Football: Fair Play for All. Lexington Books. p. 78. ISBN 9780739126110.</ref>

When he was young, Zarra used to play football with his neighbours. While other children had homemade or improvised balls, Zarra had access to a real ball, as two of his brothers played football in [[La Liga]] with [[Arenas de Getxo]]: [[:es:Tomás Zarraonandía|Tomás]], a [[goalkeeper (association football)|goalkeeper]] and the oldest sibling,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://marius-porterosvascosdeleyenda.blogspot.com/2009/10/tomas-zarraonaindia.html?m=1 |title=Tomás Zarraonandía |language=es |website=Porteros Vascos de Leyenda (Legendary Basque Goalkeepers)|date=12 October 2009|access-date=17 March 2019 }}</ref> and Domingo, who died during the [[Spanish Civil War]].

His father did not like Zarra playing football, because "it was enough with two brothers in the practice of this game." But Zarra liked the sport and began playing for several local teams, including Asia and Pitoberese. At that time, he was nicknamed "Telmito the fearful", as he would play cautiously, being ashamed and self-conscious of his skill.