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21.4.06

First Filipino in Sports and Tournaments




Benjie Paras

Profile

1st Filipino to win both the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Rookie of the Year awards in one season in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA)

1989




Benny Agbayani

Profile

1st Filipino-American Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the 1st Asia Series baseball competition

2005




Bobby Balcena

Profile

1st Filipino-American to play in the Major League Baseball history (Cincinnati Reds)

1956




Bong Coo

Profile

1st Filipina athlete listed in the Guinness Book of World Records

"Asia's Bowling Queen"

1979




Brian Viloria

Profile

1st Filipino-American Olympic boxer in Hawaii





Ceferino "Bolo Punch" Garcia

Profile

1st Filipino-American World Middleweight Boxing Champion inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame

1981




Dave Batista

Profile

1st Filipino-Greek-American World Heavyweight Champion in the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

2005




Efren "Bata" Reyes

Profile

1st Filipino Champion Billiards Player inducted in the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame

2003




Erwin Ballarta

Profile

1st Filipino-American full contact Arnis champion at the Palarong Pilipino Pekiti-Tirsia tournament in New York, New York

1977




Eugene Torre

Profile

1st Filipino and 1st Asian International Grandmaster of Chess






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