Rafael Pont Flores (1909-1980) was an educator, sportsman and journalist. He was from the town of
Aibonito, Puerto Rico
Aibonito () is a small mountain town and municipality in Puerto Rico located in the Sierra de Cayey mountain range, north of Salinas; south of Barranquitas and Comerío; east of Coamo; and west of Cidra, and Cayey. Aibonito is spread over 8 ...
. He directed the "Escuela del Departamento de Instrucción Pública" Magazine.
As a sport chronicler he was honored by being included in the Hall of the Immortals of the Crónica Deportiva en Puerto Rico. He collaborated with newspapers such as;
El Mundo,
El Imparcial
''El Imparcial'', founded in 1918, was a newspaper in Puerto Rico
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and
El Nuevo Dia
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* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
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. He published works such as ''El deporte en broma y en serio'' in 1951 and ''Un Puertorriqueño en España'' in 1969.
He was a member of
Phi Sigma Alpha
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fraternity.
Legacy
In October 1982 a Multi-use Sports Complex inaugurated in the
Bayamon Central University was dedicated in his honor and bears his name. Since 1982 the Overseas Press Club of Puerto Rico gives an annual "Rafael Pont Flores Prize" for excellence in sports journalism. There is also a public intermediate school in Aibonito that has his name. In the
Albergue Olímpico in Salinas, there are two Conference Halls and a Sport Library that bear his name.
References
Puerto Rican journalists
Puerto Rican sports journalists
People from Aibonito, Puerto Rico
1909 births
1980 deaths
20th-century journalists
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