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Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga y Matute (August 29, 1930 – January 27, 2016) was a Filipino basketball player, coach and politician. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines and is considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time.
Aug 18, 2023 · A star at FIBA Basketball World Cups and Olympic Games for the Gilas, Loyzaga is being inducted posthumously into the FIBA Hall of Fame as a member of the 2023 class. The "Big Difference" is what teammates, fans and the media called Loyzaga, a 1.91 m (6ft 3in) center.
Jan 28, 2016 · Tributes flowed on Thursday for Carlos "The Great Difference" Loyzaga, a two-time Olympian widely regarded as the nation's greatest player who died aged 85. Loyzaga, who was part of the Philippine team that won the bronze medal at the 1954 Rio de Janeiro world championships in the Philippines' best finish at any international ...
Jun 2, 2023 · Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga, dubbed as perhaps the best Filipino basketball player to ever play, will further cement his legacy as he is set to be inducted into the 2023 Class of FIBA Hall of Fame.
Aug 24, 2023 · Carlos Loyzaga officially entered world basketball’s hallowed grounds on Wednesday night, joining 11 other luminaries in the Fiba Hall of Fame’s Class of 2023. Hamane Niang, the outgoing Fiba president, presided over the intimate ceremony held at Sofitel Philippine Plaza in Pasay City.
Jun 21, 2023 · Carlos ‘Caloy’ Loyzaga, the greatest basketball player the Philippines has ever produced, will be joining his global peers on August 23 when he is inducted posthumously to the FIBA Hall of Fame at the close of the FIBA World Congress at Sofitel, two days before the start of the 2023 World Cup which the country is lead co-hosting with Japan and I...
Carlos Loyzaga was a Filipino basketball player who competed for the Philippine team in the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. The team placed 9th and 7th place respectively.
Jun 3, 2023 · MANILA, Philippines — The late Carlos Loyzaga, largely considered as the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time, will get his well-deserved place in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
Aug 24, 2023 · Filipino basketball legend Carlos "Caloy" Loyzaga was officially inducted to the FIBA Hall of Fame on Wednesday. In a ceremony held in Manila, Loyzaga and Georgia's Zurab Sakandelidze were recognized posthumously.
Carlos “Big Difference” Loyzaga, the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippines at a time when the national team reigned as the best in Asia and challenged the world’s best […]
