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Carlos Loyzaga

1930 - 2016

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Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga y Matute (August 29, 1930 – January 27, 2016) was a Filipino basketball player, coach and politician. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time. As a member of the Philippine national team. Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian (1952, 1956) and led the Philippines to bronze at the 1954 FIBA World Championship, where he was named to the All-Tournament second team. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Loyzaga is the 758th most popular basketball player (down from 750th in 2019), the 121st most popular biography from Philippines (down from 115th in 2019) and the most popular Filipino Basketball Player.

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Among basketball players, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 758 out of 1,757. Before him are Caldwell Jones, Roger Grimau, Salah Mejri, Marques Johnson, Lauri Markkanen, and Semih Erden. After him are Antonio Davis, Boštjan Nachbar, James Edwards, Fernando San Emeterio, Romain Sato, and Andrew Wiggins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 648. Before him are Grace Ogot, Windsor Davies, Joni James, Cathryn Damon, Terry Nation, and Lawton Chiles. After him are Kenny Ball, Jagjit Kaur, Richie Benaud, Andreas Makris, and William Bender. Among people deceased in 2016, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 618. Before him are Bahman Golbarnezhad, Conrad Burns, Luis Salom, John Disley, Victoria Wood, and Bruno Rangel. After him are Rémy Vogel, Mohammed Shahid, Frank Kelly, Arthur Maia, Shahram Amiri, and Pat Summitt.

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In Philippines

Among people born in Philippines, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 121 out of 155. Before him are Eddie Garcia (1929), Teófilo Yldefonso (1903), Sayaka Akimoto (1988), Nadine Lustre (1993), Mansueto Velasco (1974), and Billy Crawford (1982). After him are Nonito Donaire (1982), Leopoldo Serantes (1962), Judy Ann Santos (1978), Madam Auring (1940), EJ Obiena (1995), and Wesley So (1993).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In Philippines

Among basketball players born in Philippines, Carlos Loyzaga ranks 1. 

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