1. Dionisio "Chito" Calvo was a Filipino basketball player, swimmer, and coach who mentored both the basketball and football national teams of the Philippines.
16 Facts About Dionisio Calvo
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Dionisio Calvo was one of the greatest Filipino sportsmen in history and helped in the development of both Philippine and Asian basketball.
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In 1921, Dionisio Calvo became the first Filipino to win the platform diving title at the Far Eastern Games, forerunner of the Asian Games.
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Dionisio Calvo embarked on a brilliant career as an all-around athlete excelling in swimming, basketball, soccer, track, and even boxing.
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Dionisio Calvo was a guard for the championship-winning Philippine basketball team alongside Lou Salvador in the 1925 Far Eastern Games, though he earlier represented the country not as a basketball player.
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Dionisio Calvo was a member of the Philippine national swimming team that competed in the 1921 and 1923 Far Eastern Games.
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Dionisio Calvo led the University of the Philippines to the 1926 NCAA title but earlier captained the Manila Sporting Goods Co.
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Dionisio Calvo's coaching career was a success, mentoring basketball championship teams of San Beda College, and the University of Santo Tomas.
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Dionisio Calvo coached the champion teams of De La Salle College in basketball and football.
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Later, Dionisio Calvo coached the Philippines men's national basketball team to a fifth-place finish in the 1936 Summer Olympics held at Berlin, Germany.
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In 1938, Dionisio Calvo organized the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association.
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Dionisio Calvo was the head coach of the first Philippine national team that captured the basketball gold medal in the 1951 Asian Games and includes basketball legends, Carlos Loyzaga and Lauro Mumar.
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Dionisio Calvo was the first Filipino and a charter inductee for the FIBA Hall of Fame when he was inducted as a contributor on March 1,2007.
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Two years after his death, Dionisio Calvo was inducted into the Ateneo Sports Hall of Fame.
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Dionisio Calvo coached the Philippines national football team that finished with a tie for second place in the 1934 Far Eastern Games.
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Dionisio Calvo led the team that participated at the 1954 Asian Games.