charles, borck, january, 1917, february, 2008, filipino, basketball, player, born, quiapo, manila, philippines, german, father, spanish, mother, nicknamed, blonde, bombshell, because, blond, hair, good, looks, center, played, beda, lions, senior, basketball, t. Charles Borck January 4 1917 February 6 2008 was a Filipino basketball player 1 Born in Quiapo Manila Philippines 2 of a German father and a Spanish mother he was nicknamed The Blonde Bombshell because of his blond hair and good looks 2 3 A 6 1 center he played for the San Beda Red Lions men s senior basketball team and later for the Philippines at the 1936 Summer Olympics where he was the tallest member of the latter team 4 After retiring from active play Borck settled in Las Vegas Nevada United States in 1949 By the time of his death in 2008 he was the 1936 Philippine men s Olympic basketball team s last surviving member 3 5 He became one of the first inductees into the Philippine National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 along with fellow 1936 Olympic basketball team members Ambrosio Padilla Jacinto Ciria Cruz and Primitivo Martinez 3 References Edit Biography portal Sports Reference com Charles Borck a b Print Page NCAA s Past and Present Foreign Players Archived July 22 2011 at the Wayback Machine a b c Bocobo Christian and Beth Celis Legends and Heroes of Philippine Basketball Philippines The House Printers 2004 p 48 Philippine Asian News Today permanent dead link Charles Borck s obituaryExternal links EditCharles Borck at Basketball Reference com Charles Borck at Olympedia This biographical article relating to a Filipino basketball figure is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charles Borck amp oldid 1113860776, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
