José Luís "Wiso" Purcell Rodríguez, (December 1, 1914, Bayamón, Puerto Rico – February 6, 1996, San Juan, Puerto Rico)[1] A former judge in the 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. ↑ "Fue Hace 27 Años. X Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe". 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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