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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.
Aug 23, 2023 · Caloy Loyzaga, set to be inducted posthumously in the FIBA Hall of Fame Class of 2023, highlights a glittering international basketball career with a bronze for the Philippines in the 1954...
Aug 20, 2023 · Considered the greatest Filipino basketball player ever, Carlos Loyzaga will finally get his due this week when he is posthumously enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
He learned to play basketball on the streets in Santa Mesa, Manila, and later joined Tervalac (Teresa Valenzuela Athletic Club). Loyzaga quit high school to play basketball for the junior PRATRA (Philippine Relief and Trade Rehabilitation Administration) team.
Jan 27, 2016 · Loyzaga competed for the Philippines from the early 1950s into the 1960s. He learned to play basketball on the streets in Santa Mesa, Manila, and later joined Tervalac (Teresa Valenzuela Athletic Club).
- Carlos•Matute Loyzaga
- Male
- Competed in Olympic Games • Coach
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Individual Highlights. • Played in two Olympic Games (1952, 1956) • Played in two World Championships (1954, 1959) • Coached in Olympic Games (1968) • World Championship All Star Five & 2nd leading scorer (1954) • 49 straight wins with YCO Painters from 1954 to 1956. • No. 14 retired by the San Beda Red Lions.
Once labeled “Famoso” by spanish book “El Libro de Oro del Basket”, Caloy started playing at the age of 12 and honed his iconic hoop skills at the sandlots of Tervalac in Teresa, Sampaloc. In a poll made by 43 international sportswriters, Loyzaga was enshrined as member of “World’s Top 10 Players”.
