He totalled 205 games in La Liga and 149 in the Segunda División, including a season with Recreativo de Huelva in each at the end of his career.
Born in La Puebla del Río in the Province of Seville, Lora grew up in a household more interested in bullfighting than in football.
He worked as a labourer in cotton, rice and corn fields; the club gave him 70 Spanish pesetas for public transport fares, of which he would save 35 by riding his bicycle home.
[4] In the late 1960s, Sevilla were managed by Austrian Max Merkel, who Lora credited with improving his athleticism, with the player earning the nickname "Siete Pulmones" (Seven Lungs).
[8] In his final game on 19 October 1972, a 2–2 home draw with Yugoslavia in 1974 FIFA World Cup qualification, Kubala brought him on as a half-time substitute for Juan Sol only to replace him 24 minutes later with José Ufarte.