Carlos Loyzaga

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Carlos Loyzaga

Position	Center
Nickname	Caloy, The Big Difference, The Great Difference
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight	unknown
Nationality	Philippines
Born	August 29, 1930 San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines
College	San Beda College
Pro career	1951 – 1964
Former teams	Yco Painters (MICAA)
Awards	FIBA World All-Star Mythical Five member (1954)

Carlos “Caloy” Loyzaga (born August 29, 1930 in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, Philippines) is a former Filipino basketball player. He is considered by many to be the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time and will go down in basketball history as the “Big/Great Difference” of Philippine basketball.

1 Career
2 Achievements
3 References

[edit] Career

He played college basketball for the San Beda Red Lions in the NCAA before leading the Yco Painters into 49 consecutive victories in the now-defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) on 1954-1956.

Loyzaga, a two-time Olympian, was a many time member of the Philippine national basketball team in the 1950’s and early 1960’s. He steered the national team into one of the best in the world, winning four consecutive Asian Games gold medals and two consecutive FIBA Asia Championships.

Lozaga’s finest moment was the 1954 FIBA World Championship when he led the Philippines to a third place finish and captured the bronze medal in the process. It was the best finish by an Asian country and the Philippines have remained the only Asian medalists in the said tournament to date.

Loyzaga finished as the tournament’s third best leading scorer and was named in the tournament's All-Star Mythical Five selection. He retired in 1964 following a distinguished 15-year career.

[edit] Achievements

[edit] College

1951 NCAA Basketball Champions
1952 NCAA Basketball Champions

[edit] MICAA

1954 National Basketball Champions
1955 National Basketball Champions
1956 National Basketball Champions
1957 National Basketball Champions
1958 National Basketball Champions
1959 National Basketball Champions
1960 National Basketball Champions
1964 MICAA Champions

[edit] International career highlights

1951 Asian Games champions
1952 Olympic Games, ninth place
1954 Asian Games champions
1954 FIBA World Championship bronze medalist
- FIBA World All-Star Mythical Five member (1954)
1956 Olympic Games, seventh place
1958 Asian Games champions
1959 FIBA World Championship, eighth place
1960 FIBA Asia Championship champions
1962 Asian Games champions
1963 FIBA Asia Championship champions
1967 FIBA Asia Championship champions, head coach
1968 Olympic Games, 13th place, head coach

[edit] Other achievements

Philippine National Basketball Hall of Fame (1999)
Philippine Sportswriter Association Athletes of the 20th Century award (2000)

[edit] References

Bocobo, Christian and Celis, Beth, Legends and Heroes of Philippine Basketball, (Philippines, 2004)
Dela Cruz, Juan, Book of Pinoy Facts and Records, (National Bookstore, Mandaluyong City, Philippines, 2004)

	1954 Philippine National Basketball Team - 1954 Asian Games (1954 FIBA World Championship )
Antonio Genato \| Mariano Tolentino \| Carlos Loyzaga \| Napoleon Flores \| Francisco Rabat \| Florentino Bautista Jr. \| Rafael Barretto* \| Lauro Mumar \| Benjamin Francisco* \| Ponciano Saldana \| Bayani Amador \| Ramon Manulat \| Jose Maria Cacho* \| Rafael Hechanova* \| Eduardo Lim* \| Ignacio Ramos* \| Coach Herminio Silva *(only participated one of the events)**