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Moving from Category:Asian Games competitors for the Philippines to Category:Asian Games basketball players for the Philippines using Cat-a-lot

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{{Short description|Filipino basketball player (1938–1992)}}
{{Philippine name|Luciano|Ocampo}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}}
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| birth_name = Edgardo Luciano Ocampo
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|10|05}}
| birth_place = [[Magalang]], [[Pampanga]], [[Philippine Commonwealth]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1992|07|29|1938|10|05}}
| death_place = Philippines
| height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}
| nationality = Filipino
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| nationalyears1 = c. 1956
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| number = 33, 8, 9
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| league = [[Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association]]
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| weight_lb = 175
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| high_school = [[Ateneo de Manila University|Ateneo]] (Manila)
| college = [[Ateneo Blue Eagles men's basketball team|Ateneo]]
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| career_start = 1957
| career_end = 1974
| years1 = 1957–1959
| team1 = [[Ateneo Blue Eagles men's basketball team|Ateneo]]
| years2 = 1960–1974
| team2 = [[YCO Painters]]
| coach_start = 1975
| coach_end = 1990
| cyears1 = 1975–1978
| cteam1 = [[YCO Painters]]
| cyears2 = 1978–1980
| cteam2 = [[San Miguel Beermen|Royal Tru-Orange]]
| cyears3 = 1981–1983
| cteam3 = [[Toyota Super Corollas|Toyota Superdiesels/Super Corollas]]
| cyears4 = 1985
| cteam4 = [[Manila Beer Brewmasters]]
| cyears5 = 1986–1987
| cteam5 = [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Pilipinas Shell Oilers/Shell Azocord Super Bugbusters]]
| cyears6 = 1990
| cteam6 = [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters|Pepsi Hotshots]]
| highlights=
'''As coach: ''' '''[[MICAA]] Championships(1):''' [[YCO Painters]] (1): * 1975 '''[[Philippine Basketball Association|PBA]] Championships (4):''' [[San Miguel Beermen|Royal Tru-Orange]] (1): * [[1979 PBA season|1979 PBA Open]] [[Toyota Super Corollas|Toyota]] (3): * [[1981 PBA season|1981 PBA Open]] * [[1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference|1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino]] * [[1982 PBA Open Conference|1982 PBA Open]] '''Hall of Fame:''' * Ateneo Sports Hall of Fame (1982) * National Basketball Hall of Fame (1999) * [[PBA Hall of Fame]] (2013)
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[Basketball]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|Philippines|1936}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIBA Asia Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1960 ABC Championship|1960 Manila]]| [[1960 ABC Championship|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1963 ABC Championship|1963 Taipei]]| [[1963 ABC Championship|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1965 ABC Championship|1965 Taipei]]| [[1965 ABC Championship|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1967 ABC Championship|1967 Seoul]]| [[1967 ABC Championship|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1969 ABC Championship|1969 Bangkok]]| [[1969 ABC Championship|Team]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1971 ABC Championship|1971 Tokyo]]| [[1971 ABC Championship|Team]]}}
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'''Edgardo Luciano Ocampo'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oc/ed-ocampo-1.html|title=Ed Ocampo Biography and Statistics|work=Sports-Reference|publisher=Fantasy Players Network|access-date=September 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121012205047/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oc/ed-ocampo-1.html|archive-date=October 12, 2012}}</ref> (October 5, 1938 – July 29, 1992) was a [[Filipinos|Filipino]] [[basketball]] player and [[Coach (sport)|coach]].

==Early life and education==
Ocampo was born in [[Pampanga]], [[Philippines]], on October 5 1938. He was one of four children of architects [[Fernando H. Ocampo]] and Lourdes Luciano.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-19 |title=Fernando Ocampo |url=https://www.geni.com/people/Fernando-Ocampo/6000000011542265427 |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=geni_family_tree |language=en-US}}</ref> He received his education at the [[Ateneo de Manila University|Ateneo de Manila]] (GS 1951, HS 1955, BSBA 1959).

==Playing career==

===Football===
During his [[primary school|grade school]] years, Ocampo became interested in [[basketball]] and [[football (soccer)|football]]. He tried joining the school basketball team but did not meet the requirements. Instead, he made it onto the football team. By the age of 17, Ocampo was acclaimed by [[Sports journalism|sportswriters]] as "Mr. Football". He was a member of the [[Football in the Philippines|Philippine football team]] that toured Korea and Spain in 1956.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

===Track and field===

He was active in [[track and field]] during his school years in events like [[shot put]] (12lbs & 6kg) and [[long jump]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Track & Field and Cross Country Statistics |url=https://www.athletic.net/trackandfield/SchoolRecords.aspx?SchoolID=38668 |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Athletic.net |language=en}}</ref>

===Basketball===

In 1956, Ocampo broke his [[clavicle]] during a football game and was advised by doctors to cease sports for six months. While recuperating, Ocampo decided to join the school's [[Ateneo Blue Eagles|basketball team]]. Ocampo officially joined the team during the second round of the 1957 NCAA basketball season. He led the team to back-to-back [[NCAA Basketball Championship (Philippines)|NCAA men's basketball]] championships in 1957 and 1958. Ocampo became the first team captain to be called King Eagle.<ref name="guidon">The Guidon, August 1988.</ref>

After graduation in 1959, he joined the [[YCO Painters]] in the [[Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association]]. He was part of the YCO championship teams of the 1960s and remained with the franchise until 1973/1974.

====Philippine men's basketball team====

Ocampo was a regular member of the [[Philippines men's national basketball team]] from 1959 to 1972. He first joined the Philippine team that placed 8th at the [[1959 FIBA World Championship]] held in [[Chile]] and was a member of three Philippine teams that won the [[FIBA Asia Championship|Asian Basketball Confederation]] championships ([[1960 ABC Championship|1960]], [[1963 ABC Championship|1963]], and [[1967 ABC Championship|1967]]). He was also a three-time [[Basketball at the Summer Olympics|Olympian]]: [[Basketball at the 1960 Summer Olympics|1960]] (11th place), [[Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] (13th place), and [[Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] (13th place).

Ocampo was mentioned in Jose Ma. Bonifacio Escoda's book, ''Basketball History: Philippines'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=OpenLibrary.org |title=Escoda, Jose Ma. Bonifacio M. |url=https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL84770A/Escoda_Jose_Ma._Bonifacio_M. |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=Open Library |language=en}}</ref> as "one of the finest guards the country has ever produced and a gentleman in and outside the hard court."

==Coaching career==

Ocampo began his coaching career with the [[YCO Painters]] in 1975, winning the [[MICAA]] championship that year against Manila Bank in July.

He became head coach of [[San Miguel Beermen|Royal Tru-Orange]] in the [[Philippine Basketball Association]] in 1978 and won his first PBA championship during the [[1979 PBA season|1979 PBA Open conference]]. This was the first PBA championship won by the San Miguel Corporation franchise, which is now currently the franchise holding the most PBA championships (25).

In 1981, Ocampo became head coach of [[Toyota Super Corollas|Toyota]] and won three more PBA championships. He later coached [[Manila Beer Brewmasters|Manila Beer]] (1985), [[Shell Turbo Chargers|Shell]] (1986-1987), and [[Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters|Pepsi]] (1990).

==Personal life==

Ocampo was married to the former Maria Lourdes Trinidad.

==Death==
Ocampo died on July 29, 1992 at the age of 53 in Manila, Philippines.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}

==Honors==
* Ateneo Sports Hall of Fame (1982)
* National Basketball Hall of Fame (1999)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/sports/167423/hall-fame-rites-tonight|title = Hall of Fame rites tonight| website=[[The Philippine STAR]] }}</ref>
* [[PBA Hall of Fame]] (2013)

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* [http://viewsfromthepampang.blogspot.com/2010/12/227-edgardo-ed-l-ocampo-basketball.html Views from the Pampang]

==External links==
* {{sports links}}

{{San Miguel Beermen}}
{{Toyota Super Corollas 1982 PBA Reinforced Filipino Conference Champions |state=collapsed}}

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