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Google Is Honoring Mexican Wrestling Legend ‘El Santo’ With Special Doodle

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Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, better known as El Santo (the Saint) was the most famous of the Mexican luchadores, or masked Mexican wrestlers. The heyday of his nearly 50-year career came in the 1960s and ’70s, when he also starred in a series of movies, TV shows and comic books that made him the country’s foremost real-life superhero.

On the occasion of what would have been El Santo’s 99th birthday, Google is honoring the wrestling icon today with a slideshow doodle which depicts key moments in his career.

Like all luchadores, El Santo wore a mask — but Huerta was uncommonly dedicated to keeping his secret identity.