Jun Papa
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Men’s Basketball | ||
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FIBA Asia Championship | ||
1967 Seoul | Team competition |
Adriano R. Papa, Jr.[1] (July 14, 1945 – October 27, 2005), better known as Jun Papa, was a Filipino basketball player. Papa was born in Manila, Philippines. He played for the Ysmael Steel Admirals and the Crispa-Floro Redmanizers in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association. Papa also appeared at the Olympic Games as a member of the country's national basketball team.
In 1975, Papa joined the Mariwasa franchise in the PBA where he took the franchise to a finals appearance, losing to Crispa, in six games, during the 1977 All-Filipino Conference. Though on the losing side, he was included in that season's Mythical Five. In the six PBA seasons that he played (1975–80), he posted 17.5 ppg scoring average in his career.
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Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2005 deaths
- Filipino basketball players
- Olympic basketball players of the Philippines
- Basketball players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1966 Asian Games
- Basketball players at the 1970 Asian Games
- Basketball players from Metro Manila
- Sportspeople from Manila
- Philippines men's national basketball team players
- Crispa Redmanizers players
- Great Taste Coffee Makers players
- Filipino basketball biography stubs