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
The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) was a sports association which existed in Manila, Philippines from 1938 to 1981. Throughout its existence, it staged various sports and was participated by prominent Philippine co ...
(MICAA). YCO Athletic Club was founded by businessman and sportsman Manuel “Manolo” Elizalde and owned under his company Elizalde & Co., Inc., manufacturers of YCO floor wax and paints.
The Painters were known as the first basketball dynasty in the Philippines, having dominated MICAA and
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tournaments during the 1950s to early 1960s. The team's most famous player was Carlos Loyzaga, considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of his time. It made basketball history by winning seven consecutive National Open championships (1954-1960), seven MICAA titles and the first grandslam in Philippine basketball (1954), when the Painters wrapped the National Open, MICAA and Challenge to Champions diadems, including winning 95 out of 109 games.
When Elizalde & Co., Inc. became one of nine companies that formed the professional
Philippine Basketball Association
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(PBA) in 1975, the YCO franchise was retained in the amateur ranks and elevated most of its YCO players to their professional PBA franchise, named
Tanduay
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The YCO franchise ended with the closure of the MICAA in 1982.
Rivalry with Ysmael Steel Admirals
The Painters were best remembered for its rivalry with the
Ysmael Steel Admirals
The Ysmael Steel Admirals were a basketball team that became active in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA) from 1958 to 1968. It was best known for its rivalry with the YCO Painters. It won numerous titles in the Nati ...
from 1958 to 1967. The Painters and the Admirals would split the MICAA championships in the first four years of the 1960s playing against each other, The Painters won in 1960 and 1963 and the Admirals in 1961–1962.
During the 1961 MICAA finals, with the best-of-three series tied at 1-1, YCO defaulted the game for refusing to play in the final game at the
Araneta Coliseum
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and the Admirals were declared champions.
The Admirals disbanded after winning the 1967 MICAA crown.
YCO Shine Masters
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. The franchise was short-lived due to the financial difficulties faced by its parent, Elizalde & Co., Inc.
Notable players
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Emilio Achacoso
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Jun Achacoso was tops in his senior year at Mapua in 1954. He was named alternate in the 1954 Asian Games held in ...
*Sixto Agbay
*Cristino Arroyo
* Kurt Bachmann ✝
* Carlos Badion ✝
*Raymundo "Chuck" Barreiro
*Miguel Bilbao
*Jess Bito
*Joseph Lee Braun (a reinforcement from San Jose State College)
*Ramoncito Bugia
* Ramon Campos, Jr. ✝
*Rene Canent
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Ely Capacio
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Loreto Carbonell
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Sometime during his early years, Father Richard Cronin, a Jesuit priest from the Ateneo de Da ...
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Orly Castelo
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Danny Florencio
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Rafael Hechanova
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*Joseph Herrera
*Enrico Ilustre
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Robert Jaworski
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*Bonifacio de Jesus ✝
*Henry Kappert
*Jose Laganson
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Eduardo Lim
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Frankie Lim
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He later became a successful coach, leading his alma mater San Beda Red Lions to four NCA ...
Edgardo Ocampo
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Ocampo was born in Pampanga, Philippines on October 5, 1938. He was one of four children of renowned architect F ...
Edgardo Roque
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*Roberto dela Rosa
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*Quirino Salazar
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*Bruce Sanderson
*Valerio delos Santos
*Kurt Seeberger
*Cesar Sequera
*Alex Tan
* Elias Tolentino ✝
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Mariano Tolentino
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Martin Urra
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Freddie Webb
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Tanduay Rhum Makers
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History
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YCO Shine Masters
The YCO Shine Masters were a Philippine Basketball League (then known as the Philippine Amateur Basketball League (PABL) team that played for three conferences through the 1986 and 1987 seasons, winning two PABL titles. The ballclub was owned by th ...