1911
January 29, 1911
Francisco Martinez is born in El Paso, TX.
1928
Fall 1928
Kiko starts high school at El Paso High School and won city championships from 1928-1932, however never went to the state championship.
1932
January 21, 1932
Francisco graduates from El Paso High School
1936
1936
Kiko enrolls in New Mexico State University
1936
August 1, 1936
1936 Berlin Olympics Begin
1936
August 1, 1936
1936 Berlin Olympics Opening Ceremony
1936
August 7, 1936
First round of basketball competition commences. Mexico destroys Belgium 32-9.
1936
August 14, 1936
Mexico defeats Poland 26-12 to secure a bronze medal for Mexico.
1938
March 1938
NAIA Men's Basketball tournament begins. NM A&M loses in quarterfinals to eventual 3rd place Murray St.
1939
March 1939
NMSU is nvited to the 1939 NIT Tournament in New York City. The Aggies lost to the Long Island Blackbirds, 52-45 in the quareterfinals
1940's
1940's
Kiko saw duty as a civil engineer with the Corps of Engineers at military air fields in Clovis and Carlsbad.
1941
March 17, 1941
Francisco Martinez weds Marta Baca in El Paso, TX
1942
May 11, 1942
Francisco Martinez graduates with a degree in Civil Engineers from New Mexico Agriculture and Mechanics
1945
1945
Kiko moves his family to Los Alamos, NM to start work at the Zia Company, where his eldest son, Kiko Jr. worked also at as a civil engineer in the 1980's
1965
1965
Kiko moves back to El Paso where he worked at R.E. McKee and the NM Highway Department until his retirement.
1970
1970
Kiko is inducted into the New Mexico State University's Hall of Fame
1993
December 1, 1993
Francisco Martinez passes away at age 83.
1994
May 11, 1994
Francisco Martinez is inducted into the El Paso Athletic Hall of Fame posthumously.
2014