Edgardo Roque (born February 11, 1938) is a

Filipino Filipino may refer to: * Something from or related to the Philippines ** Filipino language, standardized variety of 'Tagalog', the national language and one of the official languages of the Philippines. ** Filipinos, people who are citizens of th ...

former

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player who competed in the

1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

. Roque made it to six Philippine national teams: 1962 Asian Games in Jakarta; 1963, 1965-1967 Asian Basketball Confederation tournaments in Taipei, Kuala Lumpur and Seoul;

1960 Rome Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ...

and 1964 Tokyo Olympics. He was an alternate in the 1968 Mexico Olympics. In 1956, Roque was asked to try out for the

Jose Rizal College Jose is the English transliteration of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ''Yose'', which is etymologically linked to ''Yosef'' or Joseph. The name was popular during the Mishnaic and Talmudic periods. * Jose ben Abin * Jose ben Akabya *Jose the Galile ...

basketball team and in the following year, he was donning the Heavy Bomber uniform. His stint with JRC was short because he transferred to Ysmael Steel and stayed with the Admirals until 1963. He joined the

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until 1970 and then went to Mariwasa before retiring in 1974.

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* 1938 births Living people Basketball players from Bulacan Olympic basketball players of the Philippines Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1962 Asian Games Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games JRU Heavy Bombers basketball players {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub