- Federico López
Federico ("Fico") López Camacho (
March 26 1962 –November 6 2006 ) was a Puerto Ricanbasketball player, member of theGuaynabo Mets .Born in
Mexico , Fico López was Puerto Rico's National Team's star point guard, following in the footsteps of Puerto Rico's greatest basketball player, point-guardJuan "Pachín" Vicéns . Together with his brother-in-law Mario "El Quijote" Morales, Fico López won various tournaments of the Liga de Baloncesto Superior Nacional ofPuerto Rico .López was born in Mexico of
Cuba n parents. His father, Federico López, Sr. was a star of Cuban basketball during the 1940s and 1950s. Fico López was one of the star players of the national selection of Puerto Rico. He was part of the first national Puerto Rican team to win a game against a nationalUnited States team (inMexico ). As a member of the Puerto Rican team he participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics inSeoul .Fico López died in
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico on November 6, 2006 from an apparent heart attack while playingvolleyball with his friends in Caparra Country Club, the court that bears his name and where he grew up in sports since the age of 8. Lopez was 44 years old.External links
* [http://www.fbpur.com/fico.asp Federación de Baloncesto de Puerto Rico - Federico "Fico" Lopez] es
* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/lo/federico-lopez-1.html Profile]
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