José Luís Purcell Rodríguez

José Luís "Wiso" Purcell Rodríguez, (December 1, 1914, Bayamón, Puerto Rico – February 6, 1996, San Juan, Puerto Rico)^[1] A former judge in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico, founded the Puerto Rico Volleyball Federation.

He was one of the founders and first president of the Puerto Rican Volleyball Federation.^[2] He was president of the Volleyball Federation from 1958 to 1962. He was a member of the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games organizing committee.^[3] He was a member and president of Phi Sigma Alpha fraternity.^[4]

Legacy

In 1986 he was inducted to the "Directorio Inmortale" of the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame.^[5]