By Efren Rodríguez | The Herald of Chihuahua
Photo: Courtesy of the UACh
In the midst of the disaster that reigns in the national basketball and very particularly in the Big State, great news emerges: Chihuahua will be the headquarters of the Hall of Fame of the Mexican Basketball
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The above was confirmed exclusively for The Herald of Chihuahua by the rector of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua, ME Luis Alberto Fierro Ramirez, moments before boarding a plane bound for the Mexican capital, where next Tuesday, June 15, he will lead the press conference in which he will be officially announcing himself Nacional level this great news.
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“The Basketball Hall of Fame represents a great opportunity to recover a motivation for the formation of our youth for our community. Remember the great feats of the people who with effort and dedication have emerged triumphant in a state that has been characterized by great affection towards that sport, always encourages a vision of comprehensive training, especially in educational institutions “, were the rector’s first statements on the subject.
Behind this great project, people who know about this sport have joined and among them stands out the figure of Julio César Ortiz and Gallarza, secretary and founding partner of the College Basketball Fraternity, who for more than thirty years started the idea of not only rescuing the space that was taken from the legends of this sport in Mexico, in 1990, but also and with the support of the rector Luis Alberto Fierro, a new space was obtained to reinstall the enclosure in this Chihuahuan capital, specifically in the old Rectory building of the UACh.
“Our university is proud to be an institution that has been key in the history of the basketball in Chihuahua. It will always be an honor to temporarily host a Hall of Fame of any sport, but especially basketball, with great characters who from our state have drunk the glory of this sport. We have the firm hope that our city dedicates a space of great importance for this reason, where we can pay a well-deserved tribute on a permanent basis ”, he added. Fierro Ramirez.
For its part, Julio César Ortiz and Gallarza, interviewed by telephone from his residence in Mexico City, said he was very moved by this “dream come true” and thanked the rector for the gesture of solidarity that will make possible the return of legends to a dignified space in which soon they will be able to be eternally exalted.
“The mexican basketball will be forever grateful for this kind contribution, from an institution that throughout history has shown us its selfless support to the college basketball, basketball in Chihuahua and basketball in Mexico, ”said Julio Ortiz,
Ortiz and Gallarza, today general coordinator of the Mexican Basketball Hall of Fame, tells on three dates, very distant from each other, how the idea has been developing.
“On 1990 They took away the Hall of Fame, which was located in the annex of the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City. From there the story of our sport, when the local government concessioned these facilities to private initiative, which led to the loss of the valuable material and historical contents of the mexican basketball“, account.
Then 16 years later (2006), founds the College Basketball Fraternity and the initiative to return the immortals to their niche, entered “intense mode.” They begin to move the strings with many people and especially former players and players involved, until in 2016 national forums for basketball, including the one held in this capital, supported by the UACh authorities.
“This year (2021) We turned 90 since the founding of the Mexican Basketball Federation and 31 since we disappeared from the Hall of Fame. To date, authorities have not honored the Mexican basketball players who gave their time, their life and their work with national, international and world, which raised the country, “concluded Julio.
On June 5, Julio Ortiz formally received the space that will house the legends of this sport in Mexico, from the hands of the rector Luis Alberto Fierro and the secretary general of the UACh, MAV Raúl Sánchez Trillo.
The national presentation of this project will take place on June 15 at 10:00 a.m. at the Sebastian Foundation, in the San Pedro de los Pinos neighborhood, of the Mayor Benito Juárez.
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