Narciso C. Bernardo (July 27, 1937 – December 23, 2008),Olympian Narciso Bernardo passes away - Philippine Daily Inquirer
also known as Ciso Bernardo, was a Filipino basketball player and coach. Bernardo was born in

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. He played for Ysmael Steel, Crispa and Mariwasa in the

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(MICAA). Bernardo also appeared at the

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as a member of the country's national basketball team. He coached the

Crispa 400 Crispa 400 was the name of two amateur basketball teams owned by P. Floro and Sons, Inc. that played in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) from 1977 to 1981 and the Philippine Basketball League (PBL) from 1989 to 1 ...

s in the MICAA and later the Crispa Redmanizers in the

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, where he guided the team to the

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championship, which was to be Crispa's final PBA championship title.

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* 1937 births 2008 deaths Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1960 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1962 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Filipino men's basketball coaches Olympic basketball players of the Philippines Crispa Redmanizers coaches Philippines men's national basketball team players Filipino men's basketball players Crispa Redmanizers players NU Bulldogs basketball players Basketball players from Manila Asian Games gold medalists for the Philippines Medalists at the 1962 Asian Games U/Tex Wranglers coaches {{Philippines-basketball-bio-stub