Salvador Perez Recreation Complex
auMMtfi On March 2, 1974 a Santa Fe park was dedicated to coach and teacher Salvador Perez. The area near the Municipal pool, which includes the ballparks and tennis courts, is now known as the Salvador Perez Recreation Complex. Proposed by city councilman Elmer Longacre, the naming of the park was acted favorably upon by the entire council. In his junior and senior years in high school, Salvador Perez was named to All-New Mexico teams in both football and basketball. After graduating from St. Michaels, he immediately went into coaching. Since then he has coached over 1,000 individual players.
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Coach Perez is recognized as the greatest and most versatile coach in the history of Santa Fe sports. He is also a valued teacher in the Languages Department at Santa Fe High and is one of the most remarkable and outstanding men Santa Fe has known. The many honors that he has received reflect, in a small way, the esteem in which the entire community holds Salvador Perez, number one coach, teacher and citizen I
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