Eduardo Gordon Cañas Explained

Eduardo Gordon
Office:Ambassador of Chile to Nicaragua
Appointer:Augusto Pinochet
Term Start:1979
Term End:1981
Predecessor:Manuel Stagno
Successor:Alfredo Labbé Villa
Office1:President of the ACF
Term Start1:1975
Term End1:1979
Predecessor1:Francisco Fluxá
Successor1:Abel Alonso
Birth Date:1 January 1918
Birth Place:Santiago, Chile
Death Place:Santiago, Chile
Known For:Former president of Chilean Football Association
Occupation:Football leader
Profession:Police officer
Relatives:Humberto Gordon (cousin)[1]

Eduardo Gordon Cañas (1918 − 8 November 2001) was a Chilean police officer and football leader[2] who served as president of the Chilean Football Association,[3] then called Asociación Central del Fútbol (ACF).

Biography

During his period as president of the ACF, it was created many clubs in bordering zones of Chile for geopolitical reasons, with the goal to generate a sense of belonging, especially in front of Peru and Bolivia. On that way, it was established Cobreloa (1978), Deportes Iquique (1979) or Cobresal (1979).

In 1979, after a signature forgery scandal related to the Chile U-20 team, Gordon lost the ANFP elections to Abel Alonso, and, immediately afterward, Augusto Pinochet appointed him ambassador to Nicaragua.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fútbol chileno y Dictadura: mucho más que el "Estadio de Pinochet". El Mostrador. 26 March 2015. 11 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Muere ex presidente del fútbol chileno. Emol. 8 August 2001. 10 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Un carabinero al mando del fútbol chileno. Radio Futuro. Felipe. Pumarino. 12 February 2015. 10 February 2022.
  4. Web site: 1979, la selección que se fue al infierno. Economía y Negocios. 12 January 2019. 10 February 2022.