Escudero, Atletico's career leading scorer, dies

Published Mar. 8, 2011 7:54 a.m. ET

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Atletico Madrid says Adrian Escudero, the Spanish club's all-time leading goalscorer, has died. He was 83.

Escudero joined the Spanish capital club in 1945 as a 17-year-old and eventually helped it to consecutive league trophies in 1950 and '51.

Escudero retired in 1958 after scoring 150 goals in 287 topflight games, while also scoring once from three appearances for Spain.