FIBA Hall of Fame
    Dionisio CALVO (PHI)

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    Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 20.11.1903 Date of Death | 09.12.1977 Country | Philippines

    Highlights

    • Member of the Philippine’s Swimming National Team that competed in the 1921 and 1923 Far Eastern Games

    • Player of the Philippine’s Basketball National Team, for the first time in 1925, also in the Far Eastern Games

    • Champion of the 1926 Philippines NCAA Basketball Championship, as a player, with the University of the Philippines

    • As a coach, several times Champion of the Philippines NCAA Basketball Championship with the San Beda College, the University of Santo Tomas and the De La Salle College

    • Coached the Philippines Basketball National Team in 2 Olympic Games: Berlin 1936 (-Philippines: 5th position-) and London 1948

    • Founder of the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) in 1938, the country’s top commercial league for over 34 years

    • Gold medalist of the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, as head coach of the Philippines Basketball National Team

    • Co-Founded the Asian Basketball Confederation (current FIBA Asia): 1960

    • Secretary General of the Asian Basketball Confederation: 1963-1967