Abelardo Raidi
Abelardo Raidi ['raɪ-dɪ] (December 25, 1914 – January 27, 2002) was a
Raidi began his career as a radio announcer and play-by-play sports broadcaster in several stations in his country. Then, in 1941 he was the official representative of the Venezuela national baseball team which won the championship title in the IV Amateur Baseball World Series held in Havana, Cuba.
He later became an accomplished sports journalist in
Raidi was also a founding member of the Circle of Sports Journalists in Venezuela and earned the National Journalism Award. In addition, the International Sports Press Association (AIPS) established an award to honor him, The Abelardo Raidi Award.
Besides this, Raidi represented Zulia state in the Chamber of Deputies of Venezuela during the 1969–1974 period and the Federal District from 1974 to 1979.
Raidi died in 2002 in Caracas at the age of 87. The following year, he gained induction into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum as part of their first class.