Edmundo "Dante" S. Silverio, Sr. (born October 17, 1937), is a

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painter, former basketball coach and former champion race car driver.

Motorsports

Silverio rose to prominence in 1972, when he captured a rare double feat, winning the International Greenhills Grand Prix and, two months later, the Royal Rally of Champions.

Basketball

Toyota (1973-1979) Silverio became involved in basketball when he formed the Toyota Athletic Club (Komatsu Komets/Toyota Comets) in 1973 which participated in the

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. From being its team manager, he became its head coach in 1974 after coach Nilo Verona left the team. In the PBA, he led the franchise to five championships and six runner-up finishes. In December 1979, Silverio resigned from the team after corporate management decided to reinstate players

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, Ernesto Estrada and

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in Game 2 of the Invitational (3rd) Conference championship finals. Silverio did not field these players in during the conference, claiming the three deliberately “didn't play their best” in a losing finals stint against Royal Tru Orange during the previous conference (1979 Open (2nd) Conference). Toyota eventually won the title on December 15, 1979, under assistant coach

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, beating arch-rival Crispa in four games. Shell (1988-1989) He returned to the PBA in

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as head coach of

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. He piloted the franchise to runner-up finishes in the

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and

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. PBA All-Star Games (1975, 1989) During the PBA's inaugural season, Silverio coached in the pioneering version of the PBA All-Star Games on December 23, 1975, called the PBA Ovaltine Dream Games. Silverio's Ovaltine Yellow squad lost to the Ovaltine Brown team coached by

Baby Dalupan Virgilio "Baby" Adam Dalupan (October 19, 1923 – August 17, 2016) was a Filipino basketball coach and player. Dubbed "The Maestro", Dalupan was best known for his lengthy coaching tenure with the Crispa Redmanizers and garnered a career tot ...

, 126-123 in the third and deciding match. In 1989, Silverio coached the Rookie-Sophomores-Juniors All-Stars during the

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, losing to the Veteran All-Stars coached by Baby Dalupan, 132-130. Crispa-Toyota Reunion Game (2003) In 2003, Silverio participated in the Crispa-Toyota reunion game during the

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, coaching the Toyota team to a 65-61 victory. Philippine Men's Basketball Team (1973) Silverio was the team manager of the

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which captured the 1973 FIBA Asia Championship.

Hall of Fame

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(April 8, 2007) *Golden Wheel Awards (February 23, 2009) *Automobile Association Philippines (AAP) (May 9, 2011)

Motorsports

Basketball

Hall of Fame

References

Further reading