The Ysmael Steel Admirals were a basketball team that became active in the
Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
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(MICAA) from 1958 to 1968. It was best known for its rivalry with the
YCO Painters
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. It won numerous titles in the National Open and the MICAA. The team was owned by the Ysmael Steel Manufacturing Company, the licensed manufacturer of Admiral home appliances in the Philippines during that period.Plunges of a turf "fireball" /ref>
National Open title
On January 28, 1961, Ysmael Steel ended YCO's seven-year reign in the National Open championships, winning 100-89, before 10,000 fans at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum, In that game, six Admirals scored in double figures, led by Alfonso Marquez with 22 points, Geronimo Cruz with 15, Cesar Jota with 13, and Narciso Bernardo, Cristobal Ramas and Edgardo Roque with 12 points apiece.
MICAA title
Ysmael Steel retained the MICAA crown in 1962, winning over the Painters, 69-62, in the finals clincher on May 14. Top scorers were Narciso Bernardo and Eduardo Pacheco, the previous year, the Admirals won the title by default when YCO refused to play the third and final game at the Araneta Coliseum.
Kurt Bachmann
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Orlando Bauzon
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Early life
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Jaime Mariano
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Alfonso Marquez
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Eduardo Pacheco
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Club career
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Alberto Reynoso
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Edgardo Roque
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Valentin Eduque
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Felicisimo Fajardo
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Fely was one of Philippine basketball's top forwards during the early 1940s. He first saw ...