1. Robert Jaworski played 23 seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association.
41 Facts About Robert Jaworski
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Robert Jaworski is widely regarded as one of the best and most popular PBA players of all-time.
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Robert Jaworski was named part of the PBA's 40 Greatest Players and was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 2005.
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Robert Jaworski grew up in the streets of Manila where he was first introduced to basketball, rising to prominence in the collegiate leagues, where in 1964, he played for the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines.
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Robert Jaworski delivered outstanding performances in the 1965 and 1966 UAAP seasons resulting in back-to-back titles for the Recto-based Red Warriors.
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In 1966, Robert Jaworski was part of the amateur selection sent to represent the country in the 1966 Bangkok Asian Games.
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Robert Jaworski played for YCO during the 1967 National Seniors and National Invitational.
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Robert Jaworski transferred to the newly formed Meralco Reddy Kilowatts in 1968 but was unable to play due to lack of release papers.
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Reynoso and Robert Jaworski chased the two officials on the court and mauled them in front of the crowd.
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Robert Jaworski was the lead guard of that team alongside Reynoso, Francis Arnaiz, Ramon Fernandez and William "Bogs" Adornado.
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Robert Jaworski became a court general and led the Comets to the 1973 MICAA title.
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Robert Jaworski became a PBA player in 1975 after the Toyota Comets became one of the league's founding franchises when the league was formed the same year.
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Robert Jaworski was part of the Toyota franchise for 10 years.
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Robert Jaworski was the acknowledged leader of the team and a major player in Toyota's nine PBA championships.
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The difference though was that Robert Jaworski led the Toyota team to two championships that season while Fernandez failed to bag a title for Beer Hausen in 1984.
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Robert Jaworski was the first point guard to achieve 1000 offensive and 2000 defensive rebounds.
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Robert Jaworski is the PBA's All Time Leader in assists.
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Robert Jaworski balked at the idea of joining Beer Hausen, the brand name of Basic Holdings after describing what he felt was a sale done without giving due respect to the personalities involved.
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Robert Jaworski took over as playing coach of Ginebra San Miguel while Valenzona went on limbo before moving to the Tanduay Rhum Makers in the 1986 season.
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Robert Jaworski was 40 years old at that time and yet became a PBA record holder for being the local who played the longest in one game, later to be broken by Robert Jaworski's wedding godson, Zandro "Jun" Limpot while playing for the Sta.
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Ironically, Robert Jaworski owns the PBA record for playing the shortest time in a PBA game, at one second.
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In 1988, Robert Jaworski won his first and only All Filipino championship in a controversial championship against Purefoods Hotdogs, led by Ramon Fernandez who coached the team in the previous conference before relinquishing the job to Cris Calilan early in the All Filipino conference.
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Robert Jaworski, after being appointed national team coach by the BAP, later selected Fernandez in the team to represent the Philippines in the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing, China.
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In 1991, Robert Jaworski won his third title at the expense of Formula Shell in Game 7 of the Open Conference.
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In that deciding game, Robert Jaworski inbounded from the endline to Rudy Distrito with 4 seconds remaining.
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Robert Jaworski ended up once more as the best player of that game with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 8 feeds in an all-around effort not common for a 45-year-old man.
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Robert Jaworski worked with veterans and rookie players alike in trying to earn respectability during this period.
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Robert Jaworski got Bal David from the free agent ranks after the latter displayed capability as a point guard when he and Aquino led the national team to the gold medal in the 1995 SEA Games.
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In 1997 though, Robert Jaworski finally earned his 4th jewel, mentoring the team to the 1997 Commissioner's Cup championship at the expense of the Alaska Milkmen.
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Robert Jaworski remained as coach of the team until April 1998 when he announced his intention of running for the Philippine Senate in May that year.
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Robert Jaworski retired owning the record for being the oldest player ever to play in the PBA at 50 years old.
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Robert Jaworski owned the world record for oldest player to play in a professional game until it was broken by Saudi Arabian Abdulmohsen Khalaf Al-Muwallad in 2015.
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On May 30,2003,23 years after the end of the Crispa-Toyota rivalry, Robert Jaworski made an appearance at a reunion game in the Araneta Coliseum, alongside fellow players from both teams.
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Robert Jaworski successfully ran for Senator during the May 11,1998, national elections as a candidate for Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino.
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Robert Jaworski placed ninth overall in the senatorial election, the highest-placed finish for a former sportsman, until Manny Pacquiao placed seventh in 2016.
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Robert Jaworski was chairman of the Economic Affairs, Trade and Commerce Committee and was a member of the Games and Amusement and Sports Committee.
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Robert Jaworski introduced legislation to protect the country's national marine sanctuaries and filed a bill imposing strict penalties on oil pollution damage on Philippine waters.
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Robert Jaworski co-authored the Clean Air Act and the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act.
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Robert Jaworski unsuccessfully ran for re-election in the 2004 Philippine Senate election, placing 17th overall.
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However, with the resignation of Noli Eala as league commissioner, Robert Jaworski was one of the names mentioned as replacements for the said post although no offer had been made.
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Robert Jaworski was the team captain of the 1971 team and 1974 RP team form the Asian Games.