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Carlos Loyzaga

Filipino basketball player, coach and politician

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Loyzaga and the second or maternal family name is Matute.

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Carlos Loyzaga

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December 30, &#;– December 31,
Basketball career
Born()August 29,
Intramuros, Manila, Philippine Islands
DiedJanuary 27, () (aged&#;85)
San Juan, Philippines
NationalityFilipino
Listed height6&#;ft 3&#;in (&#;m)
Listed weight82&#;kg (&#;lb)
High schoolNU (Manila)
CollegeSan Beda (–)
Playing career–
PositionCenter
Number14, 41
–YCO Painters
YCO Painters
–UST
sManila Bank Golden Bankers
Philippines
–U/Tex Weavers
–Tanduay Distillery/Esquires
As player:
  • 8× MICAA champions (, , , , , , , )
  • 3× NCAA champions (, , )
  • FIBA WC All-Tournament second team ()
  • No.

    14 retired by the San Beda Red Lions

As coach:

FIBA Hall of Fame

Carlos "Caloy" LoyzagayMatute (August 29, – January 27, ) was a Filipino basketball player, coach and politician. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time.

As a member of the Philippine national team. Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian (, ) and led the Philippines to bronze at the FIBA World Championship, where he was named to the All-Tournament second team.[1]

On June 2, , he became the first Filipino player to be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame, which was done in the lead up to the FIBA Basketball World Cup, which the Philippines co-hosts.[2]

Early life

Loyzaga was born on August 29, He was the fourth child of Joaquín de Loyzaga Martínez and María del Carmen Matute y Sequera.

His father was a football player and a member of the Philippine national team which competed and won medals at the Far Eastern Championship Games.

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Loyzaga survived the Second World War together with his mother, sister, and two brothers. He studied at the Padre Burgos Elementary School in Santa Mesa, Manila and National University for high school until [3]

Basketball career

Loyzaga learned to play basketball in the neighborhood TERVALAC (Teresa Valenzuela Athletic Club) basketball courts in Teresa Street, Santa Mesa, Manila.

It was in the very same TERVALAC court where he was discovered by Gabby Fajardo, one of the Philippines' leading coaches of the time. Fajardo saw promise in Loyzaga and offered to train Loyzaga for his junior PRATRA (Philippine Relief and Trade Rehabilitation Administration) team. In , Loyzaga quit high school to play for PRATRA, winning the MICAA junior crown that year.[4]

San Beda Red Lions

Loyzaga wanted to enroll at Letran, but backed out at the last minute when the coach gave him a cold shoulder.

He was about to enroll at the University of Santo Tomas, but this also did not materialize after Fely Fajardo (older brother of Gabby), coach of the San Beda Red Lions, recruited him. In the NCAA cage wars for the coveted Zamora Trophy in the s, San Beda lost its title bid when Loyzaga did not see action due to scholastic reasons.[3]

During the spirited rivalry between the San Beda Red Lions and the Ateneo Blue Eagles, the sports moderator of San Beda discovered that, under the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) rules, Loyzaga had one year of eligibility left.

He was allowed to play for that one year specifically for the Red Lions to capture the Zamora Cup, the prize for the team that had three NCAA championships. The only eligible teams were San Beda (Champions, and ) and Ateneo de Manila (Champions , ). Loyzaga successfully helped San Beda clinch the Zamora Trophy.

Following San Beda's triple championships (, and ), the Zamora Trophy was retired. That moment in time earned Loyzaga the legendary title of "The Big Difference".[5][6]

YCO Painters

Loyzaga joined the fabled YCO Painters in after powering PRATRA, and its successor team, PRISCO (Price Stabilization Corporation), to the National Open championship in and , respectively.

He helped the Painters achieve a game winning streak from to , including several MICAA titles and ten straight National Open titles. Loyzaga took over as the Painters' head coach after retiring in [7][8]

Philippine men's basketball team

Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian - (9th place) and (7th place) - as a member of the Philippines men's national basketball team.

He helped the Philippines become one of the best in the world at the time, winning four consecutive Asian Games gold medals (, , , ) and two consecutive FIBA Asia Championships (, ). His finest moment was at the FIBA World Championship where he led the Philippines to a bronze finish.

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    • It was the best finish by an Asian country and the Philippines have remained the only Asian medalist in the tournament. He finished as one of the tournament’s leading scorers with a points-per-game average and was named in the All-Tournament second team.[5][9][10]

    Coaching career

    Loyzaga started as player-coach for YCO during the early s.

    After retiring as a player in , he became the head coach of YCO and the Manila Bank Golden Bankers in the MICAA; and the UST Glowing Goldies in the UAAP. He coached the Philippine men's basketball team that won the ABC Championship (now known as the FIBA Asia Cup and formerly FIBA Asia Championship).

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    In the Philippine Basketball Association, he coached U/Tex () and Tanduay ().[7]

    Personal life

    He was born to Filipino football legend Joaquín Loyzaga and Carmen Matute.[11] Loyzaga was married to Vicky Cuerva on 21 May ; the couple's children include basketball players Chito and Joey, Princess, and actresses Bing and Teresa.[12][13][14] He was the grandfather of Diego Loyzaga.[15]

    Loyzaga died on January 27, , at the Cardinal Santos Medical Center in San Juan, Metro Manila.[12] He suffered a stroke in Australia in prior to returning to the Philippines in [16][17][18]

    As a posthumous commemoration, the San Beda College officially retired the #14 jersey used by Loyzaga during the opening ceremonies of the NCAA Season 92 basketball tournament on June 25, , at the Mall of Asia Arena.[19] Members of the Loyzaga family attended the jersey retirement ceremony.[20]

    Achievements

    Honors

    Publications

    • Bocobo, Christian and Celis, Beth, Legends and Heroes of Philippine Basketball, (Philippines, )
    • Dela Cruz, Juan, Book of Pinoy Facts and Records, (National Bookstore, Mandaluyong, Philippines, )

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    17. ^Cinco, Lito; Almendralejo, Albert; Loyzaga-Gibbs, Bing; Loyzaga, Chito (). The Big Difference. Philippines: San Beda College Alumni Association. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.
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      "'Big Difference' Loyzaga back in country for good, shows support for Red Lions". Sports Interactive Network Philippines.

      Caloy loyzaga highlights magazine His father was a football player and a member of the Philippine national team which competed and won medals at the Far Eastern Championship Games. Why each Australian Open men's semifinalist can win the title. Analytics Analytics. It remains the highest finish by any Asian nation in the quadrennial meet.

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