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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