Edgardo "Jack" Tanuan was a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.
11 Facts About Jack Tanuan
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Jack Tanuan was part of the Philippine national team that took home the bronze medal during the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, Korea.
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Jack Tanuan was drafted first overall by newcomer Purefoods Hotdogs in the 1988 PBA draft.
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Jack Tanuan primarily served as backup to Ramon Fernandez and Jerry Codinera in his rookie year.
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Under coach Baby Dalupan, Big Jack Tanuan was a revelation in the 1990 All-Filipino Conference but still could not find his place with Purefoods, averaging only nine minutes per game.
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Midway in the first conference of the 1991 PBA season, Jack Tanuan was lured away by Swift Mighty Meaties from Purefoods through the offer sheet.
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Jack Tanuan's scoring average increased from 3.8 points per game to 11.6 an outing with Swift.
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Jack Tanuan was traded in late-1997 to Alaska Milkmen, along with Kenneth Duremdes, and he won his last PBA title with the Milkmen in the 1997 PBA Governors Cup.
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Jack Tanuan later moved to the newly formed league MBA via the Negros Slashers.
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Jack Tanuan succumbed to a lingering kidney ailment on April 4,2002.
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Jack Tanuan had been in and out of the hospital for some time and was last confined at the New Era Hospital in Quezon City, battling a kidney disease that ended his career in 2000.