Díaz de Vivar
Britishnoun
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They started to bump into each other with their chests and shoulders and Paraguayan referee Mario Diaz de Vivar came in to immediately send both players off.
From Seattle Times
Paraguayan referee Mario Diaz de Vivar came in and immediately sent off both players.
From Washington Times
As Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar he is first mentioned in a charter of Ferdinand I. of the year 1064.
From Project Gutenberg
Although patriotic tradition names the great Cid himself as the original Spanish bull-fighter, it is probable that the first Spaniard to kill a bull in the arena was Don Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, who about 1040, employing the lance, which remained for centuries the chief weapon used in the sport, proved himself superior to the flower of the Moorish knights.
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