Carlos Velasco Badion (August 16, 1935 – June 20, 2002) was a
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Pampanga
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, he grew up in Tondo, Manila where he started his checkered career playing in sandlot tournaments and for Abad Santos High School in Manila. At 5'11" tall, he was first spotted in an interscholastic tournament by Valerio Lopez of
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where he subsequently enrolled. He eventually shone in the
NCAA
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and the
MICAA
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, playing for such teams as the Jacinto Rubber Shoes, Crispa (where he became one of the pioneering members of that team) and YCO.
Known as the "Bad Boy" of Philippine basketball because of his unforgiving and physical defense, Badion popularized the moves that came to be known as the "bicycle drive" and the "jackknife layup," moves which young players tried to imitate during the 1950s. In the commercial leagues, Badion played for the original batch of the
Crispa Redmanizers
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in the Businessman's Athletic Association (BAA) and the
YCO Painters
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1958 Asian Games
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where he and his teammates won the gold medal. He was also a vital cog of the national team that finished seventh in a 15-nation men's basketball tournament in the
1956 Melbourne Olympics
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, playing alongside the likes of
Carlos Loyzaga
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,
Antonio Genato
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Mariano Tolentino
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in 1960 together with Loyzaga,
Kurt Bachmann
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,
Loreto Carbonell
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Career Playing career
Sometime during his early years, Father Richard Cronin, a Jesuit priest from the Ateneo de Da ...
, and
Eduardo Lim
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Unfortunately, Badion suffered a serious knee injury during the Philippines' first-round game against
Uruguay
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in the
1960 Rome Olympics
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which ultimately forced him into early retirement. He then went into a number of business ventures after retiring and even once became the
customs
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coordinator for Elizalde and Company, Inc. He started his coaching in 1975, leading the Mapúa Cardinals to the NCAA title and the
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women’s basketball team to the UAAP title. He also handled the
UST Glowing Goldies
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in the UAAP and the Army Jungle Fighters in the
Philippine Basketball League
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History
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.
Badion died of a
heart attack
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