Edgardo Fulgencio (29 October 1917 – 28 October 2004)"United States Social Security Death Index," Edgardo V Fulgencio, 2004
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former

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player who competed in the

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. Ding, as he is called by his friends before he was teased 'kalembang', started his basketball career in 1933 at the age of 16. Fulgencio transferred to

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and made the team in 1937. Then came the last war and at the age of 24, Ding was recruited by Skip Guinto, son of then Mayor Leon Guinto to join the Manila Flatties team along with Bobby Jones, Totong Martinez,

Franco Marquicias Franco P. Marquicias (17 December 1905 – 20 April 1982) was a Filipino basketball player. He was a member of the Philippine team to the 1936 Berlin Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially ...

Felicisimo Fajardo Felicisimo "Fely" Fajardo (October 26, 1915 – August 19, 2001) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. Basketball career Fely was one of Philippine basketball's top forwards during the early 1940s. He first saw ...

and Guinto himself. It was a strong team that ruled all tournaments in Manila during the Japanese Occupation. In 1946, Fulgencio joined the famed Maurice Enterprise squad and his team won their first MICAA championship by defeating the star-studded Sampaguita Pictures quintet. Ding rejoined the Heavy Bombers in 1947 in his ambition to get a degree. By 1948, JRC coach Mateo Adao has moulded a fighting team that captured the NCAA title after a 15-year campaign. The championship was the stepping stone for Ding to make the

1948 London Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

. Came 1949, Fulgencio was not qualified anymore to play in the NCAA and he went to

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but had to undergo the one-year residence, so in the meantime, he played for Heacock's in the MICAA under his tutor, Franco Marquicias. Fulgencio helped power the

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to the 1950 UAAP championship. The Tams won the opener and in the second game, FEU coach Martin Dino fielded Fulgencio, who was also a playmaker, as a forward. When Ding got his commerce degree in 1952, he announced his retirement and transferred from the court to the bench and mentored the Tamaraws to second place in the UAAP that year.

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