Editing Telmo Zarra (section)

===1945–1953===
On 11 March 1945, Zarra was selected by the Spanish coach [[Jacinto Quincoces]] to join the [[Spain men's national football team|Spanish national team]] for a friendly match against [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] in [[Lisbon]]. On 6 May of that year he played against Portugal again, and scored two of the four goals that won the match.

On 28 May 1950, Zarra again played in another Copa del Rey final, this time against [[Real Valladolid]] after Valencia CF was disbanded.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} During the final, he  scored four of the goals that won the game for his team. He opened the scoring at 14 minutes, but by end of regulation time the match was drawn. During extra time, Zarra scored a [[hat trick]] as Athletic won the cup. With those four against Valladolid, Zarra holds the record for highest number of goals scored in a Cup final.

Once qualified, the Spanish team played matches against the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]], [[Chile national football team|Chile]], and [[England national football team|England]] in the [[1950 FIFA World Cup]]. He scored one of the goals in a 2–0 win over Chile in the second match. Zarra referred to the third game, against England, as "the game of the century." Zarra's goal past the English goalkeeper [[Bert Williams (footballer, born 1920)|Bert Williams]] won the match and sent Spain through at the expense of England. This goal, perhaps the most famous scored by Zarra, gave the victory to the Spanish team in their first World Cup semi-finals.

In the [[1950–51 La Liga|1950–51 season]] Zarra was able to score 38 goals in 30 league games, a Spanish record that stood until the 2010–11 season. This record was also achieved by the Mexican [[Hugo Sánchez]], although he scored his 38 goals over the course of 38 matches.

During the 1951–52 season Zarra suffered his most serious injury of his career, on 25 November 1951 in a game against [[Atlético Madrid]], when the opposing goalkeeper fell on Zarra's leg. An operation was required for full recovery, which kept him out for the rest of the season. On his return in the 1952–53 season, he played 29 games and scored on 25 occasions, giving a scoring average of 0.86 from both seasons.