Honesto Mayoralgo (August 5, 1934 – August 17, 1985) was a former

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player and

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. Nes or Mayo, as his friends called him, was one of the more popular

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from

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in 1949 through

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in 1955 and was a standout member of the Ateneo NCAA

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team in 1953. Mayoralgo also played for the Seven-Up team that won the 1955

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. After his active-playing days, Nes turned to coaching and steered the Philippine Youth quintet to the 1977 Asian Youth championship held in

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. He was coach of the Manilabank team in the MICAA for several years. Until the time of his death nine days after his 51st birthday, Nes was the

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for operations. Prior to this, he served as technical assistant to the BAP president and was the BAP

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