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.
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January 17, 2010 9:01 pm | 
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