Julio Martínez (journalist)

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Julio Martínez Prádanos (Temuco, Chile, June 23, 1923 – Santiago, Chile, January 2, 2008) was a Chilean 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, , Alberto Fouillioux, Néstor Isella and .

Martínez died of terminal prostate cancer on January 2, 2008, after years of failing health.[1]

Tributes[]

Living[]

  • 1982: The football club Julio Martínez was established in Rancagua.
  • 1987: In the remodeling of the Estadio Santa Laura 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 be renamed the Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos. The calle Santa Laura was also renamed after him.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ S.A.P, El Mercurio (2007-12-28). "Estado infeccioso vuelve a complicar salud de Julio Martínez | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-05.
  2. ^ El Estadio Nacional ahora se llamará "Julio Martínez" - 123.cl Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

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