Bernie Fabiosa

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Bernard "Tough Job" Fabiosa is a Filipino athlete who played basketball for the Crispa Redmanizers in the Philippine Basketball Association(PBA).^[1]

Career

Fabiosa was a member of the 1974 RP Youth Team and a graduate of the University of the East. During his time with the PBA Fabiosa was a member of the 1976 and 1983 Crispa Grand Slam Team, the Mythical Second Team (1984), selected as one of the PBA's 25 Greatest Players, and a member of the 5,000 points club, 2,000 assists club and the 500 & 1,000 steals clubs. ^{[citation needed]}

After the Crispa Redmanizers disbanded, Fabiosa played for Shell, Great Taste, Purefoods, and Pop Cola until 1992, when a collar bone injury forced him to retire for good.

He was one of the first "pure" point guards in the PBA. The original "Sultan of Swipes", he was a seven-time steals champion, four (4) with Crispa, two (2) with Shell and one (1) with Great Taste. He also topped the league in assists in 1981. He was a member of the Mythical Second Team in 1984.

In 1981 he was the league leader in assists.

Fabiosa finished his PBA career with 6,597 points (8.4 points per game), 2,837 assists (3.6 assists per game), and 1,261 steals (1.6 steals per game) in 788 games played from 1975-1991 in 19241:00 total minutes played. He converted 1,414/1876 FTs for a career average of 75.4%.

Since retirement Fabiosa has coached the Bingo Pilipino Bingonaryos in the Philippine Basketball League and been involved in the American movie industry. ^{[citation needed]}

He was inducted to the all-time PBA 25th anniversary team in the year 2000.

Personal

Originally Married to Marilyn "Mayeen "Manansala Fabiosa, and Ex-Beauty Queen 1971 Philippine's 10 Most Beatuful Filipinas and now retired Philippine Airlines Flight Purser. He has 2 Children originally from Marilyn named Magnolia "Maggie" Fabiosa and Byron John "BJ" Fabiosa. He also has a love child from Singer Malu Barry named Bernalou.

Among his friends, he considered Philip Cesar and Atoy Co as his bestfriends. They called themselves PBA back in the old times, which stands for Philip, Bernard and Atoy.

A proud Boholano, Fabiosa now resides in Los Angeles, California.

References

↑ Gilbert, Dave; S. Gaviola (7 March 1996). "The Big J". Manila Standard. p. 26B. Retrieved 8 August 2010. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)

v t e Great Taste Coffee Makers 1987 PBA All-Filipino Conference Champions

5 Aaron Torres 6 Abe King 8 Allan Caidic 11 Arnie Tuadles 13 Rey Ramos 14 Noli Banate 15 Bernie Fabiosa 16 Ranulfo Robles 18 Philip Cezar 23 Ricardo Brown 24 Aldo Perez 29 Bernardo Carpio 60 Atoy Co Coach Baby Dalupan

v t e Purefoods Hotdogs 1990 PBA Third Conference Champions

5 Gido Babilonia 6 Jojo Lastimosa 7 Bay Cristobal 8 Al Solis 9 Naning Valentino 10 Dindo Pumaren 11 Nelson Asaytono 12 Glenn Capacio 14 Jack Tanuan 15 Bernie Fabiosa 16 Alvin Patrimonio 22 Robert Rose (Import) 24 Daren Queenan (Import) 44 Jerry Codiñera Coach Baby Dalupan

v t e The 25 Greatest Players in Philippine Basketball Association History

Johnny Abarrientos Bogs Adornado Ato Agustin Francis Arnaiz Ricardo Brown Allan Caidic Hector Calma Philip Cezar Atoy Co Jerry Codiñera Kenneth Duremdes Bernie Fabiosa Ramon Fernandez Danny Florencio Abet Guidaben Freddie Hubalde Robert Jaworski Jojo Lastimosa Lim Eng Beng Samboy Lim Ronnie Magsanoc Vergel Meneses Manny Paner Benjie Paras Alvin Patrimonio

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