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

Biography

During his period as president of the ACF, were 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. In that way, were 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.

References

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

Further reading

• Matamala Thomsen, Daniel (2015). Goles y autogoles : historia política del fútbol chileno. ISBN 978-956-8992-89-7. OCLC 1018118112.

External links

• Profile at Annales de la República

• 1918 births
• 2001 deaths
• Chilean police officers
• Presidents of the ANFP
• Chilean anti-communists