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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 7, 1932 Santurce, Puerto Rico |
| Died | April 2, 2018 (aged 85) Hato Rey, Puerto Rico |
| Nationality | Puerto Rican |
| Listed height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
| Listed weight | 161 lb (73 kg) |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1951–1961 |
| Position | Point guard |
| Coaching career | 1962–1972 |
| Career history | |
| As player: | |
| 1951 | Cangrejeros de Santurce |
| 1952-1953 | Gallitos de la UPR |
| 1954 | Cangrejeros Santurce |
| 1955–1961 | Capitanes de Arecibo |
| As coach: | |
| 1962 | Cangrejeros de Santurce |
| 1967-1972 | Vaqueros de Bayamón |
| 1967-1969 | Puerto Rico National Team |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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José Santori Coll (May 7, 1932 – April 2, 2018) was a Puerto Rican basketball player and coach. Santori was also, for a short period late in his life, a bachata singer; he recorded an album, named El Sentimiento de Fufi (Fufi's Feeling), which was musically directed by Harry Fraticelli, during 2011.[1]
Born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, he was better known as Fufi Santori. Earned an engineering degree from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez. After his retirement from National Superior Basketball Santori became a coach and television sportscaster. He was also a physical education, basketball and tennis instructor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez for nearly thirty years. Fufi Santori was of Corsican-Puerto Rican descent. He was also, through his maternal grandfather, of Irish descent.