Ed Ocampo

Edgardo L. Ocampo
Personal information
Born	(1938-10-05)October 5, 1938 Pampanga, Philippines
Died	July 29, 1992(1992-07-29) (aged 53) Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Listed weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school	Ateneo de Manila
College	Ateneo de Manila
Playing career	1957–1974
Number	33
Coaching career	1975–1990
Career history
As player:
1957-1959	Ateneo Blue Eagles (NCAA)
1960-1974	YCO Painters (MICAA)
As coach:
1975-1978	YCO Painters (MICAA)
1978-1980	Royal Tru-Orange (PBA)
1981-1983	Toyota (PBA)
1985	Manila Beer (PBA)
1986-1987	Shell (PBA)
1990	Pepsi (PBA)
Career highlights and awards
As coach: MICAA Championships(1): YCO Painters (1): * 1975 PBA Championships (4): Royal Tru-Orange (1): * 1979 PBA Open Toyota (3): * 1981 PBA Open * 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino * 1982 PBA Open Hall of Fame: * Ateneo Sports Hall of Fame (1982) * National Basketball Hall of Fame (1999) * PBA Hall of Fame (2013)

Ed Ocampo
Medal record

Men’s Basketball
Representing Philippines
FIBA Asia Championship
	1960 Manila	Team competition
	1963 Taipei	Team competition
	1965 Taipei	Team competition
	1967 Seoul	Team competition
	1969 Bangkok	Team competition
	1971 Tokyo	Team competition

Edgardo Luciano Ocampo^[1] (October 5, 1938 – July 29, 1992), also known as Ed Ocampo and Eddie Ocampo, was a Filipino basketball player and head coach.

Early life and education

Ocampo was born in Pampanga, Philippines on October 5, 1938. He was one of four children of renowned architect Fernando H. Ocampo and Lourdes Luciano. He was educated at the Ateneo de Manila (GS 1951, HS 1955, BSBA 1959).

Playing career

Football

During his grade school years, Ocampo became interested in basketball and football. He tried out for the grade school basketball team but did not pass the height requirement. Instead, he made it to the football squad where his brilliance in the field became much apparent. By the age of seventeen, Ocampo was acclaimed by sportswriters as “Mr. Football”. He was a member of the Philippine football team that toured Korea and Spain in 1956.

Track and field

He was also active in track and field during his school years.

Basketball

In 1956, Ocampo broke his clavicle during a football game and was advised by doctors to cease from sports for six months. While recuperating, Ocampo decided to join the school’s basketball team. Ocampo officially joined the team during the second round of the 1957 NCAA basketball season. He led the team to back-to-back NCAA men's basketball championships in 1957 and 1958. Ocampo became the first team captain to be called King Eagle.^[2]

After graduation in 1959, he joined the fabled YCO Painters in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association during its prime era. He was part of the YCO championship teams of the 1960s and remained with the franchise until 1973/1974.

Philippine men’s basketball team

Ocampo was a regular member of the Philippines men's national basketball team from 1959 to 1972. He first joined the Philippine team that placed 8th at the 1959 FIBA World Championship held in Chile and was a member of three Philippine teams that won the Asian Basketball Confederation championships - 1960, 1963 and 1967. He was also a three-time Olympian - 1960 (11th place), 1968 (13th place) and 1972 (13th place).

Ocampo was mentioned in Jose Ma.Bonifacio Escoda's book, Basketball History: Philippines, as one of the finest guards the country has ever produced and a gentleman in and outside the hard court. Though not a scorer, his leech-like guarding helped the national team of 1967 to regain the ABC crown by limiting Shin Dong-pa, South Korea's six-foot-one scoring machine to just 12 points.

Coaching career

Ocampo began his coaching career with the YCO Painters in 1975, winning the MICAA championship that year against Manila Bank in July.

He became head coach of Royal Tru-Orange in the Philippine Basketball Association in 1978 and won his first PBA championship during the 1979 PBA Open conference. This was the first PBA championship of the San Miguel franchise, currently the franchise with the most number of PBA championships (19).

In 1981, Ocampo became head coach of Toyota and won three more PBA championships. He later coached Manila Beer (1985), Shell (1986-1987) and Pepsi (1990).

Personal life

Ocampo was married to the former Maria Lourdes Trinidad.

Death

Ocampo died on July 29, 1992 at the age of 53.

Honors

Ateneo Sports Hall of Fame (1982)
National Basketball Hall of Fame (1999)^[3]
PBA Hall of Fame (2013)

References

↑ "Ed Ocampo Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference. Fantasy Players Network. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
↑ The Guidon, August 1988.
↑ http://www.philstar.com/sports/167423/hall-fame-rites-tonight

San Miguel Beermen

Founded in 1975 • Owned by San Miguel Brewery, Inc., a subsidiary of the San Miguel Corporation • Formerly the Royal Tru Orangemen, Magnolia Ice Cream Makers and Petron Blaze Boosters

The franchise	Franchise All-time roster Seasons Current season

Coaches	Ramos Ocampo Manotoc D. Pumaren Black Jacobs P. Pumaren Uichico Reyes Tanquingcen Agustin Racela Abanilla Ravanes Austria

Championships (22)	1979 Open 1982 Invitational 1987 Reinforced 1988 Open 1988 Reinforced 1989 Open 1989 All-Filipino 1989 Reinforced 1992 All-Filipino 1993 Governors' 1994 All-Filipino 1999 Commissioner's 1999 Governors' 2000 Commissioner's 2000 Governors' 2001 All-Filipino 2005 Fiesta 2009 Fiesta 2011 Governors' 2014–15 PBA Philippine 2015 Governors' 2015–16 PBA Philippine

Runner-up finishes (14)	1982 Reinforced Filipino 1985 Open 1992 First 1993 All-Filipino 1995 Governors 1998 All-Filipino 1998 Commissioner's 2001 Commissioner's 2001 Governors' 2003 Reinforced 2006–07 Philippine 2010 Fiesta 2010–11 Philippine 2013 Governors'

Retired jerseys	8 Caidic 9 Lim 12 Dignadice 14 Calma 17 Racela 19 Fernandez

Seasons (41)	1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Culture and lore	Alaska–San Miguel rivalry El Presidente The Skywalker The Director 1989 Grand Slam Spiderman Crunchman Petron -novela The Kraken BEERacle

Toyota Super Corollas 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Champions

6 Abe King 7 Robert Jaworski 8 Francis Arnaiz 10 Ramon Fernandez 11 Arnulfo Tuadles 13 Timoteo Coloso 15 Ricardo Relosa 17 Antero Saldaña 20 Emerito Legaspi 22 Danny Florencio 30 Donnie Ray Koonce (import) 41 Leopoldo Herrera 88 Edgardo Cordero Coach Ed Ocampo

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