José María Palacios Moraza (September 2, 1935 – April 21, 2002), known by the pseudonym of Ogueta was a

Basque pelota Basque pelota (Basque: '' pilota'', Spanish: '' pelota vasca'', French: '' pelote basque'') is the name for a variety of court sports played with a ball using one's hand, a racket, a wooden bat or a basket, against a wall (''frontis or fronton ...

player in the category of hand-pelota. Often considered one of the best pelotaris of the history of

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, in 1979 a professional fronton was named after him in

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, the capital city of the province: the

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Championships

1st hand-pelota singles

1st hand-pelota doubles

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palacios Moraza, Jose Maria Spanish pelotaris 1935 births 2002 deaths Sportspeople from Vitoria-Gasteiz Pelotaris from the Basque Country (autonomous community)