Ing. Julio César "Cholo" Franzini Molinari (November 5, 1926 – June 2, 2017) was a

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and

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executive. Franzini earned a Bachelor's degree in Engineering from the

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in the United States in the 1950s. He contributed to the establishment of the first Uruguayan television channel, Saeta TV Channel 10. A member of the Colorado Party, he administered the Oceanographic and Fisheries Service (SOYP) in the 1960s, inaugurating the first fishing terminal in Uruguay, and was ambassador of Uruguay to Egypt in the late 1990s. Franzini was the President of

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when the team were crowned champions in 1976, making them the first team other than

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and

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to win the Uruguayan Championship. He was President of the

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(Spanish: ''Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol'' — AUF) between 1988 and 1989.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Franzini, Julio César 1926 births 2017 deaths University of Massachusetts alumni Defensor Sporting Presidents of the Uruguayan Football Association Ambassadors of Uruguay to Egypt