Obituary: Luis Franquesa, a legend of BM Puerto Sagunto and Spanish handball, dies

Luis Franquesa (1926), former Altos Hornos de Puerto Sagunto and Spain senior international player, died last Wednesday after a long illness. Franquesa was a Catalan player who moved to Puerto de Sagunto for work and had the honour of being the first player from our club to wear the Spain handball shirt. Luis Franquesa played both eleven-a-side and seven-a-side handball and was an international in both formats. In fact, with the Spain seven-a-side handball team, he became its captain.

At BM Puerto Sagunto, we would like to extend our condolences to his family, as well as to everyone who had the pleasure of enjoying his friendship and camaraderie.

This legend of our handball featured prominently in the Fiftieth Anniversary book, published by the club and written by Vice-President Rafael Garcia Marín, in the manner Luis Franquesa’s status deserved. Here we reproduce the book’s entry about Franquesa

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