The Philippine Basketball Association Hall of Fame is an institution that honors selected former players and personalities of the Philippine Basketball Association. The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA is a Professional Basketball league in the Philippines founded in 1975. It was launched in 2005 during the Reunion Game pitting two teams comprising of the PBA's 25th Anniversary All-Time Team. The Philippine Basketball Association ’s 25 greatest players were named at the league’s silver anniversary in 2000. In 2005, it inducted its first 12 members to the group. Currently, there are no plans to induct new members to the group.
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Inductees
2005
The following were inducted during the PBA Greatest Game event in May 2005.
Players
- Robert Jaworski - 23 seasons in the PBA as player and coach & 1978 PBA Most Valuable Player
- Ramon Fernandez - Four-time PBA Most Valuable Player
- Atoy Co - 1979 PBA Most Valuable Player
- Philip Cezar - 1980 PBA Most Valuable Player
- Bogs Adornado - Three-time PBA Most Valuable Player
- Francis Arnaiz - Played 12 seasons for Toyota and Ginebra & three-time Mythical Five Member
Personalities
- Baby Dalupan - Led three teams (Crispa, Great Taste & Purefoods) to PBA titles as coach; first-ever grand slam winning coach in 1976
- Leo Prieto - Founding PBA Commissioner
- Emerson Coseteng - Founding PBA Chairman
- Rudy Salud - Former PBA Commissioner; drafted league constitution
- Danny Floro - Crispa Redmanizers team manager
- Joe Cantada - PBA Sportscaster during the 70's and 80's
2007
The inductees were awarded on April 8, 2007 at the Araneta Coliseum. Robert Salazar Jaworski (born March 8, 1946 in Baguio City, Philippines) also known as Sonny Jaworski, Bobby Jaworski Ramon S Fernandez is a former Philippine Basketball Association player who bore various nicknames "The Franchise", "El Presidente" Fortunato Co Jr, better known as Atoy Co, is a former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA basketball player who was part of the fabled Crispa Redmanizers Philip "The Scholar" Cezar is a former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA basketball player William "Bogs" Adornado is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1975 to 1987 Francis Arnaiz is a former Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for Toyota and Ginebra San Miguel The Toyota Super Corollas was a former professional Basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA from 1975 - 1983. The Barangay Ginebra Kings is a professional team of the Philippine Basketball Association founded in 1979. Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan is a Filipino former Basketball coach The Grand Slam in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA refers to a PBA team who has won all three conferences (tournaments in a single season Leopoldo L Prieto was the 1st commissioner of the Philippine Basketball Association. The Crispa Redmanizers was a Basketball team in the Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA and The Araneta Coliseum is the largest indoor facility in Southeast Asia, with a dome diameter of 108 meters
Players
- Abet Guidaben - Two-time PBA Most Valuable Player
- Manny Paner - One of the top big men in the league's early years
- Danny Florencio - played several years with Toyota and later for U-Tex
- Norman Black - former PBA import and later coach of the grand slam winning San Miguel Beer in 1989
Personalities
- Ron Jacobs - led guest-team Northern Consolidated to a PBA title in 1985; coached San Miguel from 1997-1998. Alberto "Abet" Guidaben is a former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA basketball player Danilo "Danny" Zoleta Florencio is a pioneer of the Philippine Basketball Association having played in the PBA from 1975 to 1983 Norman Augustus Black (born November 12 1957 in Baltimore Maryland) is an American Basketball Head coach of the Ron Jacobs (born December 27, 1942 in Marion North Carolina, United States) was head coach of the men's Basketball team at the
- Domingo Itchon - league's founding president
- Danding Cojuangco - team owner
- Dante Silverio - former head coach of Toyota and Shell winning five titles
- Tony Siddayao - former sportswriter
- Pinggoy Pengson - former commentator
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