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Jose deCapriles
Jose deCapriles (Fencing. Born, Mexico City, Mexico, Feb. 13, 1912; died, New York, NY, Feb. 21, 1969.) One of the great names in American fencing, Jose R. deCapriles was also N.Y.U.’s first national champion. In 1933, as a senior at N.Y.U., deCapriles won the Intercollegiate Fencing Association championship. A high school basketball player, he learned […]