Topic: Philippine Sports Trivia

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Philippine Sports Trivia


PSA Named 11 Athletes of the Millennium
In the year 2000, the Philippines Sportswriters Association (PSA) named the 11 Filipino athletes of the millennium: Paeng Nepomuceno and Olivia Bong Coo for bowling; Pancho Villa, Gabriel Flash Elorde, Anthony Villanueva and Mansueto Velasco for boxing; Lydia de Vega, for track and field; Felicisimo Ampon, for tennis; Carlos Loyzaga, for basketball; Teofilo Yldefonso, for swimming; and Eugene Torre, for chess.

Filipinos Became World Sports Leaders
At least five Filipinos had headed international sports organizations. They are Florencio Campomanes, former president of International Chess Federation; Justiniano Montano, former president of World Boxing Council; Rudy Salud, former secretary-general of World Boxing Council; Gonzalo Puyat II, former president of International Amateur Basketball Federation; and Manuel Nieto, former president of Oriental Boxing Federation.

PBA Named 5 All-Time Greats
In January 1998, the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) named the All-Time Mythical Five of Philippine basketball: Carlos Loyzaga in the 1950s, Narciso Bernardo in the 1960s, Robert Jaworski in the 1970s, Hector Calma in the 1980s and Alvin Patrimonio in the 1990s.

PSA Named 5 Athletes of the Century
In 1998, the Philippine Sportswriters Association named five athletes of the century: Lydia de Vega Mercado, Gabriel 'Flash' Elorde, Paeng Nepomuceno, Felicisimo Ampon and Carlos Loyzaga.

Ali Fought in Quezon City
On October 1, 1975, the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City was the venue of the infamous "Thrilla in Manila", the thrilling boxing match between Heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. Manila also hosted other international sports events such as the Asian Games in 1954 and the Southeast Asian Games in 1981 and 1991.

Padilla Tamed Ali and Frazier
Carlos Padillar Jr., the first Filipino member of the International Association of Boxing Referees and Judges, was the referee in the Ali-Frazier bout held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City in 1975.

Babe Ruth Scored Homeruns in RP
Babe Ruth, the American baseball legend who had over 200 homeruns in his professional career, once played in the baseball field of the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. In 1934, Ruth and another baseball great, Lou Gehrig, selected an All-Star team that toured Asia where they played 18 games. The All-Star selection stopped in the Philippines and played at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex from December 2 to December 9. Gehrig beat Ruth when he scored the first recorded homerun at the Rizal complex on December 2. Ruth scored the 2nd homerun on the same day and 4th homerun on December 9. The other players of the same selection who also scored homeruns at the Rizal complex were Earl Averill and C. Gehringer.

Garcia Was the Heaviest World Champion
Ceferino Garcia was the heaviest Filipino world-boxing champion. He captured the world middleweight title on October 2, 1939 when he knocked out Fred Apostoli in New York.

World's Largest Covered Coliseum
At the time it was completed in 1959, the Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City was touted as the world's largest covered entertainment center. Otherwise known as the Big Dome, it has a floor area of 2,300 square meters and a seating capacity of 33,000 people.

Lope "Papa" Sarreal Produced 22 Champions
Lope "Papa" Sarreal, the first Filipino international boxing promoter, guided 22 world-boxing champions of various nationalities in his professional career. Among such champions was his son-in-law Flash Elorde.

Three Basketball Players Became Senators
Among the Filipino basketball players who later became members of the influential Senate are Ambrosio Padilla, Freddie Webb, and Robert Jaworski.

Mikee Won an Asiad Gold
Mikee Cojuangco, an actress, was 28 years old and had two sons when she won a gold medal and a silver medal in equestrian at the 2002 Busan Asiad.

Bong Coo is Most Bemedaled Filipina Athlete
Filipina bowler Bong Coo is the most bemadaled athlete in the Philippines. Her collection includes 37 gold, 23 silver and 16 bronze medals, which she won in her stints at the Asian Games, Southeast Asian Games and World and Asian championships. She brought home five gold medals from Asian Games alone.

Golez was a Former Boxing Champion
National Security Adviser Roilo Golez was unbeaten in 20 fights as a four-year amateur champion at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis.

Basketball Produced 4 Asiad Golds
Basketball produced four gold medals for the Philippines in the Asian Games. Filipino basketball players won these gold medals in four consecutive Asiads in 1951, 1954, 1958 and 1962.

RP Nearly Won Olympic Bronze in Basketball
The Philippine basketball team that placed fifth in the basketball event of the 1936 Olympic Games during the Nazi rule in Berlin, Germany, should have won at least a bronze medal, if not for a controversial ruling. Despite winning four of its five games, the country did not bring home any medal. It lost only to the United States, which eventually clinched the gold medal, but defeated Mexico, Estonia, Italy and Uruguay.

There Were 4 Filipino Grand Masters
The Philippines has produced four chess grandmasters: Rogelio Antonio, Jr., the late Rosendo Balinas, Eugene Torre and Bong Villamayor.

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Caidic Won 2 Jones Cup
Allan Caidic has represented the Philippines as a player in four Asian Games (1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998) and as an assistant coach in the 2002 Asian Games. He was a part of the basketball team that won the Jones Cup in 1985 and 1998 and played a large part in clinching the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) championship in 1986.

PBA was the First in Asia
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA), which came into existence in 1975, was the first professional basketball league in Asia.

RP Had the Biggest Lead in a Basketball Game
The Philippine team registered what could be the world's biggest lead in an amateur basketball game when it clobbered Brunei Darussalam, 160-19, at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium on July 2, 2000. The 141-point lead could be the biggest for any amateur basketball team since basketball was introduced in the Philippines by the Americans. During the game, the Philippine national team limited the Brunei squad to only 19 points. It later won the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) Young Men's Tournament crown against Malaysia

Filipino Developed Game of the Generals
One Ronnie Pasola is credited for having developed or invented the "Game of the Generals", a board game that uses military strategy. It is said that Pasola first played the game in Makati in August 1967 but introduced it to the public in 1973.

Jaworski was the Oldest Professional Basketball Player
In 1998, Robert "Sonny" Jaworski was considered the oldest professional basketball player in the world. At 52, he was still donning his No. 7 jersey for Barangay Ginebra, probably the most popular team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). In that year, he played alongside his son Dudut Jaworski for the same team, much to the excitement of the crowd. No other professional player in the world his age has played competitive basketball. In the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers' Kareem Abdul-Jabbar retired at 45. Most professional basketball players retire from the league before they are 35. Jaworski, on the other hand, was still playing at least 30 minutes a ball game in his 40s. In 1986, he set the record for playing the most number of minutes in a game, 58, in a Ginebra versus Manila Beer encounter, when he was 40 years old. He is the only player who has played in the PBA from the league's birth in 1975 up to the league's 25th year.

As a player, he won the Most Valuable Player in 1978 while playing for the fabled Toyota Corolla. He is listed as one of the PBA's 25 all-time greatest players and was given the Lifetime Achievement Award by the league.

Jaworski retired from the PBA in 1998 just before he assumed his new post as a senator of the Republic. He had served three decades of his life as a basketball player.

Feihl was the Tallest PBA Player
The tallest PBA player is Edward Joseph Feihl of TJ Hotdogs. Feihl who stands seven feet tall is half German. With his height, Feihl could bang bodies with the centers in the NBA. Feihl was part of the Philippine Centennial Team, which won third place in the 1998 Asian Games. Feihl is at least three inches taller than other PBA centers like Marlou Aquino, Paul Asi Taulava, James Walkvist, Andy Seigle and Bonel Balingit.

Meanwhile, the tallest basketball player who has played in the NBA is Gheorghe Muresan (7'7 or 2.31 m). But the tallest basketball player in the world was Suleiman Ali Nashnush (8'1/2" or 2.45 m) of the Libyan team. The tallest man in history was Robert Wadlow (8'11 or 2.72 m).

Caidic Holds Highest Score Record
Allan Caidic holds the all-time, one-game individual high scoring record in the PBA for local players. Caidic scored 79 points while playing for Presto Tivoli against Ginebra on November 21, 1991. His 68 points broke the old scoring record of 71 points by Paul Alvarez in 1991 and the 64 points shared by William Adornado of U-Tex and Danny Florencio of Seven-Up. Florencio set the mark in 1977 and Adornado in 1980.

Harris Holds PBA Score Record
Former NBA player Tony Harris holds the all-time high scoring record in the PBA. As a Swift reinforcer, Harris scored 105 points to lead his team in defeating Ginebra, 151-147, in an out-of-town game held in Iloilo on October 10, 1992.

Highest PBA Score was Recorded in 1989
The highest combined points scored by the competing teams in a single game were recorded on November 2, 1989. In that game, the Tivolis beat Alaska, 175-159 in overtime behind Allan Caidic's 68 points. Both teams had a total of 334 points, the highest in any PBA game.

Caidic Had Most Three-Point Shots
The record of having the most number of three-point shots in a single game belongs to former Tivoli hotshot Allan Caidic. Caidic accomplished this feat when he sank in 17 three-point shots while playing for the Tivoli against Ginebra on November 21, 1991.

Adornado was First MVP
Bogs Adornado was chosen as the first recepient of PBA's Most Valuable Player (MVP) plum in 1976.

Jones and Oliver were First PBA Imports
The first foreign players to have played in the PBA as imports were Byron Jones of Toyota and Cisco Oliver of Noritake.

Former PBA Import Became an NBA Coach
Keith Smart, who played for San Miguel at the Philippine Basketball Association's (PBA) Third Conference in 1989 became the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers' at the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2003.

There are Filipino Ice Hockey Players
The SM-Philippines Ice Hockey Team has been joining the World Hockey 5s Tournament since 1998.

4 PBA Coaches Had Grand Slam
Four PBA coaches were able to win a grand slam (three championship titles in a year) each for their respective teams. They are Baby Dalupan and Tommy Manotoc of Crispa Redmanizers, Norman Black of San Miguel Beer, and Tim Cone of Alaska Milk.

Basketball Player Became Governor
Former basketball Olympian Francisco Rabat later became governor of Davao province.

Bata is Four-Time World 8-Ball Champion
Least known among his exploits is the fact that Efren "Bata" Reyes is a four-time World 8-Ball champion.


Paeng Nepomuceno, world champion
Paeng Nepomuceno of the Philippines is a six-time world champion and is acknowledged worldwide as the greatest international bowler in the history of the sport. In recognition of his achievements, Juan Antonio Samaranch personally awarded Paeng with the prestigious IOC Presidents' Trophy which is the first for the sport of bowling. The International Bowling Hall of Fame displayed a glass encased 7-foot photo of Paeng at its bowling museum entrance based in St. Louis Missouri, U.S.A. The Guinness Book of World Records commencing with its 1994 edition, listed Paeng as having won the most number of World Cups which were achieved in each of three different decades. The World FIQ, the governing body of the sport, named Paeng as the “International Bowler of the Millennium” in behalf of 100 million bowlers.
 

The Guinness Book of World Records in its 2003 edition listed a second world record.  The Guinness recognized that Paeng was the youngest ever to win a world title at the age of 19.  The 2003 edition also updated the number of World Cup titles won by Paeng as it included in its records the fourth World Cup victory of Paeng in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in 1996.

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