PBA Hall of Fame

The Philippine Basketball Association Hall of Fame is an institution that honors selected former players and personalities of the Philippine Basketball Association. It was launched in 2005 during the Reunion Game pitting two teams consisting of the PBA's 25th Anniversary All-Time Team. In 2005, it inducted its first 12 members to the group.

Inductees

Year	Name	Achievements
2005	Robert Jaworski	1978 PBA Most Valuable Player. 23 seasons in the PBA as player and coach.
2005	Ramon Fernandez	Four-time PBA Most Valuable Player (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
2005	Atoy Co	1979 PBA Most Valuable Player
2005	Philip Cezar	1980 PBA Most Valuable Player
2005	Bogs Adornado	Three-time PBA Most Valuable Player (1975, 1976, 1981)
2005	Francis Arnaiz	Three-time Mythical Five member. Played 12 seasons for Toyota and Ginebra
2005	Baby Dalupan	Led three teams (Crispa, Great Taste & Purefoods) to PBA titles as coach; first-ever grand slam winning coach in 1976
2005	Leo Prieto	Founding PBA Commissioner
2005	Emerson Coseteng	Founding PBA Chairman
2005	Rudy Salud	Former PBA Commissioner; drafted league constitution
2005	Danny Floro	Crispa Redmanizers team manager
2005	Joe Cantada	Play-by-play commentator for Vintage Sports during the 1980's
2007	Abet Guidaben	Two-time PBA Most Valuable Player (1983, 1987)
2007	Manny Paner	One of the top big men in the league's early years
2007	Danny Florencio	played several years with Toyota and later for U-Tex
2007	Norman Black	former PBA import and later coach of the grand slam winning San Miguel Beer in 1989
2007	Ron Jacobs	led guest-team Northern Consolidated to a PBA title in 1985; coached San Miguel from 1997-1998.
2007	Domingo Itchon	league's founding president
2007	Danding Cojuangco	team owner of three PBA teams (San Miguel Beermen, Barangay Ginebra Kings, and Purefoods TJ Giants)
2007	Dante Silverio	former head coach of Toyota and Shell winning five titles
2007	Tony Siddayao	former sportswriter
2007	Pinggoy Pengson	Play-by-play commentator for Vintage Sports during the 1980's
2009	Bobby Parks	Seven-time Best Import awardee.
2009	Allan Caidic	1987 Rookie of the Year, 1990 PBA Most Valuable Player
2009	Samboy Lim	player known as The Skywalker for his daredevil drives to the basket.
2009	Hector Calma	player known as The Director for his manning at the point guard spot.
2009	Ricardo Brown	Rookie of the Year (1983), MVP (1985), 1st Filipino-American to play in the PBA, drafted by Houston Rockets in 1979.
2009	Jun Bernardino	5th commissioner of the PBA
2009	Carlos ‘Honeyboy’ Palanca III	former PBA chairman and team governor of Ginebra San Miguel.
2011	Alvin Patrimonio	Four-time PBA Most Valuable Player (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997)
2011	Billy Ray Bates	import of the 1983 Crispa Redmanizers grand slam squad
2011	Freddie Hubalde	1977 PBA Most Valuable Player
2011	Tommy Manotoc	Coach of the 1983 Grandslam Crispa Redmanizers grand slam team.
2011	Tito Eduque	Former Mariwasa head coach
2011	Mariano Yenko	2nd Commissioner of the PBA
2011	Carlos "Bobong" Velez	CEO of Vintage Enterprises, Inc., the coveror of the PBA games from 1982 to 2002.

Ceremony dates and locations

Date	Location	Venue
02005-05 May 2005	Quezon City	Araneta Coliseum
02007-04-08 April 8, 2007	Quezon City	Araneta Coliseum
02009-10-09 October 9, 2009	Makati City	Shangri-la Hotel Makati
02011-10-02 October 2, 2011	Quezon City	Smart Araneta Coliseum[1]

References

1. ^ PATRIMONIO, BATES BANNER HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES, PBA.ph, August 23, 2011

External links

• PBA.ph: CRISPA, TOYOTA STALWARTS LEAD INITIAL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES