Category | Player Date of Birth | 29.08.1930 Date of Death | 27.01.2016 Position | Center Height | 191cm (6'3") Country | Philippines
Clubs
• Teresa Valenzuela Athletic Club (1947-48) • PRATRA (1949) • NCAA Red Lions San Beda College Red Lions (1950-1952) • PRATRA (1953-54) • NCAA Red Lions San Beda College Red Lions (1954) • YCO Painters (1954-1964)
Club Highlights
MICAA Junior League champion (1949) • Three-time Philippines NCAA League champion (1951, 1952, 1955) • Nine-time Philippines National Open champion (1950, 1953, 1954-1960)
National Team
As player: • World Championship bronze medallist (1954) • Four-time Asian Games gold medallist (1951, 1954, 1958, 1962) • Two-time Asia Cup gold medallist (1960,1963) As Coach: • Asia Cup gold medallist (1967) As Assistant Coach: • Asia Cup gold medallist (1972)
Individual Highlights
• Played in two Olympic Games (1952, 1956) • Played in two World Championships (1954, 1959) • Coached in Olympic Games (1968) • World Championship All Star Five & 2nd leading scorer (1954) • 49 straight wins with YCO Painters from 1954 to 1956 • No. 14 retired by the San Beda Red Lions • Pioneer Inductee, Philippines Basketball Hall of Fame (1999) • Philippine Sportswriters Association Athletes of the 20th Century award (2000) • Pioneer Inductee, Philippines Sports Hall of Fame (2010) • PSA Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) • Philippine Olympic Committee Presidential Olympism Award (2016) • Included in the list of 50 Greatest Filipino Athletes of All Time (2020) • Considered the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time