Philippine Basketball Association Hall of Fame

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The Philippine Basketball Association Hall of Fame is an institution that honors selected former players and personalities of the Philippine Basketball Association. It was launched on May 29, 2005, during the Reunion Game pitting two teams consisting of the 25 Greatest Players in PBA History. In 2005, it inducted its first 12 members to the group.

Inductees

Year	Inductee	Achievements
2005	Robert Jaworski	1978 PBA Most Valuable Player. 23 seasons in the PBA as player and coach.
	Ramon Fernandez	Four-time PBA Most Valuable Player (1982, 1984, 1986, 1988)
	Atoy Co	1979 PBA Most Valuable Player
	Philip Cezar	1980 PBA Most Valuable Player
	Bogs Adornado	Three-time PBA Most Valuable Player (1975, 1976, 1981)
	Francis Arnaiz	Three-time Mythical Five member. Played 12 seasons for Toyota and Ginebra San Miguel
	Baby Dalupan	Led three teams (Crispa, Great Taste & Purefoods) to PBA titles as coach. The first grand slam winning coach (1976)
	Leo Prieto	Founding PBA Commissioner
	Emerson Coseteng	Founding PBA President (1975)
	Rudy Salud	Third PBA commissioner; drafted league constitution
	Danny Floro	Crispa Redmanizers team manager
	José María "Joe" Cantada	Play-by-play commentator for Vintage Sports during the 1980s
2007	Abet Guidaben	Two-time PBA Most Valuable Player (1983, 1987)
	Manny Paner	One of the top big men in the league's early years.
	Danny Florencio	Played several years with Toyota.
	Norman Black	PBA import and later coach of the grand slam winning San Miguel Beermen in 1989
	Ron Jacobs	Head coach (Northern Cement and San Miguel).
	Domingo Itchon	Second PBA president (1976-1982), Tanduay (Elizalde era) team manager, Philippines men's national basketball team manager
	Danding Cojuangco	Team owner (Northern Cement, San Miguel Beermen, Barangay Ginebra San Miguel, and Star Hotshots)
	Dante Silverio	Head coach (Toyota, Shell). Winning coach of five PBA titles.
	Tony Siddayao	Sportswriter
	Delfin "Pinggoy" Pengson	Play-by-play commentator for Vintage Sports during the 1980s
2009	Bobby Parks	Seven-time Best Import awardee.
	Allan Caidic	1987 Rookie of the Year, 1990 PBA Most Valuable Player
	Samboy Lim	Known as The Skywalker for his daredevil drives to the basket.
	Hector Calma	Known as The Director for his manning at the point guard spot.
	Ricardo Brown	Rookie of the Year (1983), MVP (1985), the first Filipino-American to play in the PBA, drafted by Houston Rockets in 1979.
	Jun Bernardino	Fifth commissioner of the PBA
	Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca III	PBA president and former team governor of Ginebra San Miguel.
2011	Alvin Patrimonio	Four-time PBA Most Valuable Player (1991, 1993, 1994, 1997)
	Billy Ray Bates	Import of the 1983 Crispa Redmanizers grand slam squad
	Freddie Hubalde	1977 PBA Most Valuable Player
	Tommy Manotoc	Head coach (U/Tex, San Miguel Beer, Crispa).
	Valentin "Tito" Eduque	Head coach (Concepcion/Carrier, Mariwasa-Honda, YCO-Tanduay, Galerie Dominique, Manila Beer).
	Mariano Yenko	Second commissioner of the PBA.
	Carlos "Bobong" Velez	CEO of Vintage Enterprises, Inc., the coverer of the PBA games from 1982 to 2002.
2013	Lim Eng Beng	1978 mythical five member, one of the 25 Greatest Players in PBA History.
	Ed Ocampo	Head coach (Royal Tru-Orange, Toyota, Pepsi).
	Ronnie Magsanoc	Four-time mythical team member (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992). One of the 25 Greatest Players in PBA History.
	Benjie Paras	Two-time MVP awardee (1989, 1999). The only Rookie to win the MVP award. One of the 25 Greatest Players in PBA History.

Ceremony dates and locations

Date	Location	Venue
May 2005	Quezon City	Araneta Coliseum
April 8, 2007	Quezon City	Araneta Coliseum
October 9, 2009	Makati	Makati Shangri-La, Manila
October 2, 2011	Quezon City	Smart Araneta Coliseum^[1]
November 17, 2013	Quezon City	Smart Araneta Coliseum^[2]

References

^ PATRIMONIO, BATES BANNER HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES, PBA.ph, August 23, 2011
^ Benjie Paras, Ronnie Magsanoc lead new members of PBA Hall of Fame Archived September 16, 2013, at the Wayback Machine, InterAKTV, July 9, 2013

External links

PBA.ph: CRISPA, TOYOTA STALWARTS LEAD INITIAL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES

Members of the Philippine Basketball Association Hall of Fame

Players

Guards	Arnaiz Brown Caidic Calma Co Hubalde Jaworski A. Lim Lim E. B. Magsanoc
Forwards	Adornado Bates Florencio Parks Patrimonio
Centers	Black Cezar Fernandez Guidaben Paner Paras

Coaches

Broadcasters/Media

Executives

Philippine Basketball Association

2024–25 season: Commissioner's Cup

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