Career
Also, Salvadores was Chile"s ambassador in Colombia from 1986 to 1988. As a young boy, his family immigrated by boat from Spain to Chile due to the Spanish Civil War. On the way, he was kidnapped by a gypsie, but was found later by his mother with the help of some mentor
His family moved to Lanco, Chile, where the family were known for their talent in basketball and music
Later he studied Law at Universidad de Concepción, but retired a couple of years later. Salvadores played basketball since a young age.
He played professional basketball for many years in Chile. He played all eight games in the 1952 tournament despite fracturing his femur during the dying minutes of the seventh game after colliding with the goal post when he botched a layup.
He played the last game on large amounts of pain medication, which would later be described as a "mixture that could very nearly have killed him."
Álvaro Salvadores went to Cartagena de Indias, Colombia for a basketball competition.
There he met with Elsa de la Espriella, for whom he fell in love, and decided to stay in Colombia. He was known by his handsome looks, which granted him a role as an extra in the film "The Adventurers" in 1970. He had four children, Álvaro, Mónica, Elsa, and María Angélica Salvadores.
After being Chile"s ambassador to Colombia, he continued to live there until his death in 2002 by lung cancer.