Kurt Bachmann (July 18, 1936 – August 29, 2014) was a Filipino

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

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 ...

. Bachmann was born in

Iloilo City Iloilo City, officially the City of Iloilo ( hil, Siyudad/Dakbanwa sang Iloilo; fil, Lungsod ng Iloilo), is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the Western Visayas region of the Philippines on the island of Panay. It is the capital city of t ...

. Aside from being a three-time member of the men's national team, Kurt played a big role and help the

De La Salle University De La Salle University ( fil, Pamantasang De La Salle or Unibersidad ng De La Salle), also referred to as DLSU, De La Salle or La Salle, is a private university, private, Catholic Church, Catholic coeducational research university run by the I ...

in capturing the NCAA senior's title in 1956. He also played for

YCO Painters The YCO Painters were the multi-titled Filipino basketball team of the YCO Athletic Club that was active from the late 1940s to 1981 in the now-defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA). YCO Athletic Club was founded ...

and

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in the MICAA in the late-1950s til the 1960s.

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* 1936 births 2014 deaths Basketball players from Iloilo Sportspeople from Iloilo City De La Salle Green Archers basketball players Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1958 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1962 Asian Games Filipino people of German descent Filipino people of Spanish descent Olympic basketball players of the Philippines Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players 1959 FIBA World Championship players Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Visayan people Medalists at the 1958 Asian Games Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games Philippine Sports Hall of Fame inductees {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub