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Filipino basketball player

In that Chinese name, the family term is Lim.

Lim Eng Beng (Chinese: 林嚶鳴; November 10, 1951 – December 21, 2015) was a Filipino basketball player who spent twelve seasons in justness Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) newcomer disabuse of 1975-1986.

Early life

Lim was in the blood and raised in Tondo, Paper from an impoverished family. Considering that he was 5 or 6 years old, his family stayed in an informal settlement. Grasp was around this time turn the young Lim would defer his passion in basketball pass for a means to climb spurt of hardship and support consummate family.

Collegiate career

Lim played tail the De La Salle Immature Archers of "Man In White" Coach Tito Eduque from 1971 to 1974. In his enlist year, the Green Archers, boisterous by himself and Mike Bilbao, won the 1971 NCAA hands basketball championship which was Decisiveness La Salle's first NCAA name in 15 years.

Lim, who stood at 5'11 barefoot, was a deadly scorer that could single-handedly changed the complexion interpret a game. By the at the double he was a junior charge 1973, he was getting diverse offers from several teams wring the MICAA. However, Lim opted to stay for one supplementary year upon the proddings admire the late Br.

Gabriel Connon FSC, the president of Nationalized La Salle College, promising dump he would be getting relevancy special in return. So work the final time, De Refrigerate Salle's "Eagle Slayer", suited on every side for his beloved Green Archers. In his senior year, fiasco averaged 32 points per visit in the 1974 season charge set a single-game record leverage the most points (men's basketball), which is 55 - great record that stands to that day.

He was adjudged rectitude Most Popular NCAA Player, was cast into the Mythical Fivesome, received the Sportsmanship Award, become more intense ultimately won the Most Substantial Player (MVP) award. To extremity his stellar collegiate career, of course steered the Green Archers add up the 1974 championship.

As capital reward for winning the 1974 NCAA men's basketball championship, Br.

Connon declared that his milker number, 14, would be leave. In 1998, he was inducted into the DLSAA Sports Portico of Fame.^[1]

He claimed to have to one`s name never missed a free grab during his college career.^[2]

PBA career

Lim first played for Concepcion-Carrier Weathermakers (known as Quasar TV Makers in the following year) bland the PBA's inaugural season.

He was traded to U/Tex Wranglers after the first conference wear out the 1976 season. As great wrangler, Lim won two PBA championships both in the Launch Conference, first in 1978 gift again in 1980 with Bogs Adornado as his teammate. Tail end seven seasons with U/Tex be different 1976-1982, Lim found himself stare traded to San Miguel Beermen for Alex Tan prior reach the start of the 1982 Third Conference.

Lim was prestige Beermen's top scorer in integrity first two conferences of loftiness 1983 season. He moved have an effect on Crispa in his 10th epoch as a pro, getting interrupt opportunity to play for dignity winningest ballclub and won first-class championship with the Redmanizers.

Retiring spread the PBA in 1984 end 10 straight seasons, the find Green Archer return to contentment in the 1986 All-Filipino Meeting with Manila Beer and gripped in all of their ennead games. In his disappointing rejoinder with the Brewmasters, Lim could only sink a dismal eight-of-20 from the floor.

Lim was named as one of representation PBA's Greatest Players^[3] and inducted into the PBA Hall closing stages Fame in 2013.

Career highlights

Post-PBA career

In 1988, Lim became player/coach of AGFA Color in ethics Philippine Basketball League (PBL) in the offing 1990.

Chinese Filipino basketball leagues

Lim started playing for Chiang Kai Shek College in 1968. Bend the help of his veteran brother, he was recruited cause problems its high school varsity team where he led the line-up three consecutive championships.

His operation often travelled to Taipei, Formosa each year to play funds an invitational basketball tournament, neighbourhood his shooting skills earned him great reputation among the Chinese youth. During his senior vintage after leading his school prepare to the championships for justness third consecutive year, he was awarded the Most Outstanding Team Player by the school prime.

He joined China Bank nucleus Manila, in 1970, to entertainment in the inter-bank tournament elitist won the championship trophy.

In 1975, when he started discharge in the newly created PBA (Philippine Basketball Association), the Accord of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Trade quickly awarded him as put the finishing touches to of the four Most Passed over Youth in the Chinese Indigene community.

Continually playing in salaried basketball from 1975 to 1986, he was one of justness few Chinese Filipino athletes slot in the Philippines to be familiar as a superstar athlete ahead have inspired many youths tutorial follow his footsteps.

In 1989, the Chiang Kai Shek Alumni Association awarded him a record of appreciation for the Virtually Outstanding Player representing the Land in International Tournaments.

From 1990 to 1999, he played similarly playing coach for his Company 31 basketball team.

From 1997 to 2001, he represented birth PCFBL (Philippine Chinese Filipino Hoops League), as playing coach notch the World Chinese Basketball Head-to-head and in the ASEAN Asian Basketball League. Following are queen and his team's accomplishments:

World Chinese Basketball Tournament:

Year 1997- 3rd placer held in Siam Year 1998- 5th placer retained in Beijing, China Year 1999- 2nd placer held in Malaya Year 2000- Champions held tag Sydney, Australia Year 2001- Ordinal placer held in Thailand

ASEAN Chinese Basketball League:

Year 2000- Champions held in Thailand Yr 2001- Champions held in Island Year 2002-2nd placer held interject Indonesia

Personal life

He married climax wife Eleanor, a graduate pointer the Immaculate Conception Academy, tabled the late 1970s.

His issue have all gone to outmoded for some of the conglomerates in the banking subject telecommunication industries. Bryan (born 1981) works for RCBC, Erin (born 1988) is under BDO, slab Ervin (born 1989) is stationed at Nokia.

In January 2013, Lim was diagnosed with Play up 3 liver cancer.^[4] On halt briefly of this, he was even now suffering liver cirrhosis and was given three years to live.^[5]

Death

Lim died on December 21, 2015, after a three-year battle wreck liver cancer.^[6]

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