1. Ambrosio Padilla was one of the most important figures in Asian basketball development.
14 Facts About Ambrosio Padilla
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Ambrosio Padilla married Lourdes de las Alas on May 4,1941, the eldest daughter of Taaleno senator Antonio de las Alas.
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Ambrosio Padilla studied at the Ateneo de Manila for his high school and college education.
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In 1930, Ambrosio Padilla played for the Philippines which won the gold medal of the 9th Far Eastern Games basketball tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
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Ambrosio Padilla played alongside Jacinto Ciria Cruz and Mariano Filomeno.
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Ambrosio Padilla retired from basketball and became the chair of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation Basketball Committee from 1938 to 1954.
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Ambrosio Padilla was one of the forefathers and later elected President of the Asian Basketball Confederation, now known as FIBA Asia, from 1960 to 1966 with his former coach Dionisio Calvo as the Secretary-General.
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Ambrosio Padilla became the sixth President of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation, the forerunner of the Philippine Olympic Committee, in 1970 and became the first president of the POC when PAAF was renamed POC in 1975.
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Ambrosio Padilla later resigned in 1957 to run for the Senate and won.
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Ambrosio Padilla served in the Senate until 1972 when President Ferdinand Marcos declared Martial Law.
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Ambrosio Padilla was elected vice-chair of the commission with former Supreme Court Associate Justice Cecilia Munoz-Palma as its chair.
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Ambrosio Padilla, who died on August 11,1996, was inducted into the Philippine National Basketball Hall of Fame in January 1999 along with other Filipino basketball greats like Carlos Loyzaga, Lauro Mumar, Jacinto Ciria Cruz, Charles Borck, Edgardo Ocampo, Mariano Tolentino, and his own Olympic coach Chito Calvo.
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Ambrosio Padilla is the father of Francisco "Frank" Padilla, founder and Servant General of the Catholic renewal group Missionary Families of Christ.
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Ambrosio Padilla was a junior faculty member when he helped found the UP Alpha Phi Beta fraternity in 1939, together with mentored students such as Renato Constantino.