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Pedro Septién Orozco (March 21, 1916 – December 19, 2013) was a Mexican sports broadcaster. He was nicknamed ''El Mago'' (Spanish for "The Wizard"). Septien was famous in
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due to his vast knowledge about
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. He worked for
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during most of his career in TV. He was also known as the
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announcer for the
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baseball team. Pedro Septién died of pneumonia.


Movies

Septién acted in several movies, as a sports broadcaster: *''La venganza de Huracán Ramirez'' (1967) *''El hijo de Huracán Ramírez'' (1966) *''Juventud sin Dios'' (1962) *''Piernas de oro'' (1958) *''Pepito as del volante'' (1957) *''Huracán Ramírez'' (1953) *''Una calle entre tú y yo'' (1952) *''El luchador fenómeno'' (1952) *''El beisbolista fenómeno'' (1952) *''Campeón sin corona'' (1946)


References


External links


IMDb article on Pedro "El Mago" Septién

Mexican Baseball Hall of the Fame, page dedicated to Pedro Septién

Dialogo Queretano article dedicated to Pedro Septién
Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Mexican television personalities Sportspeople from Querétaro City 1916 births 2013 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in Mexico {{Mexico-tv-bio-stub