Tommy Manotoc

Tommy Manotoc is a former Filipino professional basketball coach in the PBA, for the U/Tex Wranglers, San Miguel Beer, Crispa Redmanizers, and the Mobiline Phone Pals and later became deputy commissioner of the PBA after Mariano Yenko died. He was also a former broadcaster for the PBA on Viva TV coverage from 2000-2002. Manotoc is also an accomplished amateur golfer.[1] In his fifties, he even participated in the US Amateur.

Manotoc became the second coach in league history to lead a PBA team to a grandslam when he coached Crispa in 1983.

Manotoc married former 1970 Miss International Beauty Pageant Winner Aurora McKenny Pijuan in Dominican Republic. The couple has a son, now ABS-CBN sportscaster TJ Manotoc, and a daughter named Mavis. Their marriage ended in divorce. Manotoc then married Imee Marcos, daughter of then Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Romualdez Marcos.[2][3] One of their children is celebrity Borgie Manotoc.

References

  1. ^ "Around the World; Philippine Police Search For Missing Athlete". The New York Times. 1982-01-03. http://www.nytimes.com/1982/01/03/world/around-the-world-philippine-police-search-for-missing-athlete.html. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 
  2. ^ "Man who eloped with Marcos daughter lost". The Age. 1982-01-02. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a0wQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZpQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1856,292662. Retrieved 2010-08-29. 
  3. ^ "The Philippines: Tommy Returns". Time. 1982-02-22. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,922750,00.html. Retrieved 2010-08-28. 
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