Julio Martínez Prádanos (
Temuco
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,
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, June 23, 1923 –
Santiago
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, Chile, January 2, 2008) was a
Chile
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an
sports commentator specializing in
football who had a long career in the written press, radio and television. He won the 1995
National Prize for Journalism, awarded by the Chilean Ministry of Education. He belongs to a generation of ever-lasting emblematic Chilean sports commentators, along with
Sergio Livingstone,
Pedro Carcuro,
Alberto Fouillioux
Alberto Jorge Fouillioux Ahumada (22 November 1940 – 23 June 2018) was a Chilean football midfielder and striker who earned 70 caps and scored 12 goals for the Chile national team during his career.
Career
Fouillioux made his debut for Uni ...
,
Néstor Isella and
Milton Millas.
Martínez died of terminal
prostate cancer on January 2, 2008, after years of failing health.
Tributes
Living
*1982: The football club Julio Martínez was established in
Rancagua
Rancagua () is a city and commune in central Chile and part of the Rancagua conurbation. It is the capital of the Cachapoal Province and of the O'Higgins Region, located south of the national capital of Santiago.
It was originally named Sant ...
.
*1987: In the remodeling of the
Estadio Santa Laura
Estadio Santa Laura is a football stadium in Independencia, Santiago, Chile. It is the home stadium of Unión Española
Club Unión Española S.A.D.P. is a professional football club based in the Independencia neighborhood, commune of Sa ...
in Santiago, the press gallery is named after the journalist.
*2005: A gym in the commune of
Cerro Navia in Santiago is named after the commentator.
Posthumous
*January 4, 2008:
**The calle Santa Laura in Santiago is renamed calle Julio Martínez Prádanos by decision of the Municipalidad of Independencia.
**The Government of Chile proposed that the
Estadio Nacional de Chile
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
be renamed the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos. The calle Santa Laura was also renamed after him.
El Estadio Nacional ahora se llamará "Julio Martínez" - 123.cl
References
External links
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1923 births
2008 deaths
Chilean journalists
Chilean association football commentators
Canal 13 Chile play-by-play commentators
Male journalists
Chilean people of Spanish descent
People from Temuco
Deaths from prostate cancer
Deaths from cancer in Chile
20th-century journalists