Franco P. Marquicias (17 December 1905 – 20 April 1982) was a

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player. He was a member of the Philippine team to the

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, a national player several times and one of the best known Filipino cager ever developed.Fond memories for pinoy athletes in the Berlin Olympics
Manilastandardtoday.com The late Franco Marquicias was also a member of the 1927 Philippine quintet that snagged the Far Eastern Olympic Championship in Shanghai, the 1934 Philippine team that copped the Olympic championship in Manila and the 1936 team that placed fifth in the 11th Olympiad held in

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, the highest the Philippines ever placed in an Olympic basketball competition. His later years saw him as a playing coach for Heacock and mentored his team to a worthy runner-up finish in the MICAA tournament. During the ceremonies in the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Marquicias became a recipient of a citation award by the International Federation of Amateur Basketball.

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* Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic basketball players for the Philippines Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players 1905 births 1982 deaths {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub