Hércules (footballer, born 1912)

{{short description|Brazilian footballer}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2011}}

{{family name hatnote|de Miranda|Miranda}}

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| name = Hércules

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| fullname = Hércules de Miranda

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| position = Forward

| birth_date = {{birth date|1912|07|02|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Guaxupé, Brazil

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1982|09|03|1912|07|02|df=yes}}

| death_place = Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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| years1 = 1930–1933

| years2 = 1933–1934

| years3 = 1935–1941

| years4 = 1942–1948

| clubs1 = Juventus

| clubs2 = São Paulo

| clubs3 = Fluminense

| clubs4 = Corinthians

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| nationalyears1 = 1938–1940

| nationalteam1 = Brazil

| nationalcaps1 = 6

| nationalgoals1 = 3

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{{MedalCountry|{{fb|BRA|1889}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIFA World Cup}}

{{Medal|3rd|1938 France|}}

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Hércules de Miranda, commonly known as just Hércules (June 2, 1912{{cite web|title=Hércules (ex-ponta do Fluminense e Corinthians) |url=http://desenvolvimento.miltonneves.com.br/QFL/Conteudo.aspx?ID=61090 |access-date=March 27, 2009 |date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=Milton Neves |language=pt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002131400/http://desenvolvimento.miltonneves.com.br/QFL/Conteudo.aspx?ID=61090 |archive-date=October 2, 2011 |df=mdy-all }} – September 3, 1982{{cite book | first1 =Antônio Carlos | last1 =Napoleão |first2=Roberto |last2=Assaf | title = Seleção Brasileira 1914–2006 | publisher=Mauad X | location = São Paulo | year = 2006 | pages = 262| isbn = 85-7478-186-X}}), was an association footballer who played forward in the 1938 FIFA World Cup with Brazil.