Ángel Franco Martínez dies, the referee who made Spain name the referees with two surnames so as not to bother the Franco regime. He officiated two matches in the 1978 World Cup in Argentina.
He will go down in history for establishing the use of both surnames in Spain to refer to referees, a peculiarity that draws attention in other countries. "As his surname coincided with that of the dictator Francisco Franco, this gave rise to inappropriate comments at that time," recalled the Spanish sports newspaper Marca.