José Luís Purcell Rodríguez

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José Luís "Wiso" Purcell Rodríguez, (December 1, 1914,

Superior Court of Puerto Rico
, founded the Puerto Rico Volleyball Federation.

He was one of the founders and first president of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation.[2] He was president of the Volleyball Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was a member of the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games organizing committee.[3] He was a member and president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.[4]

Legacy

In 1986 he was inducted to the "Directorio Inmortale" of the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame.[5]

References

  1. ^ "José Luis (Wiso) Purcell Rodríguez 1914-1996 - Ancestry®". Ancestry.com.
  2. ^ Historia del Voleibol en PR (PDF) (in Spanish). Puerto Rico: Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation. pp. 4–9. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  3. El Nuevo Dia (in Spanish). Puerto Rico. June 13, 1993. Archived from the original
    on January 12, 2014. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "Capitulo Eterno". fisigmaalfa.org. Archived from the original on 2008-04-15. Retrieved 2008-02-12.
  5. ^ "Directorio de Inmortales" (in Spanish). Pabellón de La Fama Del Deporte Puertorriqueño. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
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