Farewell Leo Prieto, Angel Nepomuceno and Among Others
Last Goodbyes. Founding commissioner who coach the Philippine basketball team that took seventh place in the 15-nation Melbourne Olympic Tournament in 1956. The Philippine beat Thailand 55-44, Japan 76-61, France 65-58 and Chile 75-65, while losing its games to eventual gold medal winner USA 121-53, Uruguay 79-70, Chile 88-69 and Bulgaria 80-70. The USA team was spearheaded by one of the legend in NBA Bill Russell and KC Jones. The Philippines greatest win in this tournament is beating France which wound up fourth and pushing the eventual bronze medal winner Uruguay to the hilt. Prieto’s 1956 cage team is composed of mainman Tony Genato, the basketball legend Caloy Loyzaga, three-time Olympian Ramoncito Campos, Bonnie Carbonell, Pilig Barretto, Eddie Lim, Charlie Badion, Mon Ramulat, Nano Tolentino, Martin Urna, Antonio Villamor, Leonardo Marquicias. Prieto died at the age of 85.
Angel Nepomuceno died at 81 and was the moving force on his son’s Paeng Nepomuceno rise to the pinnacle of World Bowling. His son Paeng won the World Cup in Tehran in 1976 and later went on to win three more world titles, and went on to become the only bowler in the world to win four world titles in four different decades a feat that is installed at the Guinness Book of Records. Angel also coached Bong Coo (who was a former Guinness Book of Records holder in bowling) to the Masters Championships in the FIQ Asian Zonals in Perth Australia in 1992 and Dianna Tanlimco to second place at the World Cup in Guadalajara, Mexico in 1988. He helped Crystal Soberano win four gold medals at the SEA Games in 1989 Jakarta Games.
Other list os sports personalities who passed on last year were.
1. Heisman Trophy winner Doe Blanchard, 84.
2. One-time Magazine cover girl and 1952 Winter Olympic two-time gold medalist Andrea Mead Lawrence, 96.
4. Special Olympics founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, 88, 1988 US Olympic Women’s basketball gold medal coach Kay Yow, 66.
5. 6-9 Former University of Cincinnati Center and two-year NBA veteran Paul Hogue, 69.
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