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BOGS ADORNADO
William "Bogs" Adornado is perhaps the most courageous player in the history of the PBA. He came back from a career-threatening injury despite the tremendous odds and emerged even better to dominate the league with the true heart of a great champion.
Adornado, a mainstay of the mighty Crispa dynasty before he took his shooting hands to U-Tex and three other ballclubs, did not only have the most picture-perfect jumpshot but also pulled off the most amazing comeback the league has ever seen. When a serious knee injury meant virtual goodbye to basketball, the sweet-shooting forward came back mightily with his shooting hands as deadly as ever.
And before anybody has repeated as Most Valuable Player, Adornado already had three MPV trophies displayed in his Hall-of-Fame locker.
One of the legends to come out of collegiate power University of Sto. Tomas, Adornado would later turn out to be the yardstick of all great shooting forwards who ever graced the PBA, burning the hoops with one of the deadliest perimeter jumpers the league has ever witnessed.
Bogs, who was born on May 26, 1951, played a total of 12 seasons, averaging 20.4 points per game. He was out of the league for the whole of the 1977 season recovering from an injury that almost finished a promising career. A knee injury following Crispa's first grand slam in 1976 nearly cut Adornado's career.
The 6'1 Adornado was the league's first MVP awardee in 1975, and easily repeated the following year, with averages of 26.9 and 25.6 ppg, respectively. He won his third MVP in 1981 while playing for U-Tex in one of the grandest comebacks in PBA annals.
Bannering U-Tex, Adornado scored 64 points in one of his memorable comeback games and led his team to a 126-111 demolition of San Miguel. That total was the most scored by any local player at that time.
Adornado was also a key factor when U-Tex won the 1980 Open Conference over Toyota, a landmark victory that finally broke the Crispa-Toyota domination of the league.
Adornado won more three scoring championships upon his return, averaging 23.9 ppg, 26.1 ppg and 27.4 ppg.
He converted 69 consecutive free throws from Oct. 14, 1986 while playing for Shell until Aug. 7, 1987 while donning the Hill Bros. Jersey, a record that stood for six years until a new sweet-shooting gunner in the mold of Adornado by the name of Allan Caidic broke it with 76 consecutive free shots made.
All in all, Bogs was a member of seven Mythical Team Selections. He led the league in scoring five times and is a member of the 5,000- and 10,000-point clubs, scoring 11,967 points in 586 games during his memorable career.
Noel M. Novicio
http://web.archive.org/web/200104111...b_adornado.htm
Adornado, a mainstay of the mighty Crispa dynasty before he took his shooting hands to U-Tex and three other ballclubs, did not only have the most picture-perfect jumpshot but also pulled off the most amazing comeback the league has ever seen. When a serious knee injury meant virtual goodbye to basketball, the sweet-shooting forward came back mightily with his shooting hands as deadly as ever.
And before anybody has repeated as Most Valuable Player, Adornado already had three MPV trophies displayed in his Hall-of-Fame locker.
One of the legends to come out of collegiate power University of Sto. Tomas, Adornado would later turn out to be the yardstick of all great shooting forwards who ever graced the PBA, burning the hoops with one of the deadliest perimeter jumpers the league has ever witnessed.
Bogs, who was born on May 26, 1951, played a total of 12 seasons, averaging 20.4 points per game. He was out of the league for the whole of the 1977 season recovering from an injury that almost finished a promising career. A knee injury following Crispa's first grand slam in 1976 nearly cut Adornado's career.
The 6'1 Adornado was the league's first MVP awardee in 1975, and easily repeated the following year, with averages of 26.9 and 25.6 ppg, respectively. He won his third MVP in 1981 while playing for U-Tex in one of the grandest comebacks in PBA annals.
Bannering U-Tex, Adornado scored 64 points in one of his memorable comeback games and led his team to a 126-111 demolition of San Miguel. That total was the most scored by any local player at that time.
Adornado was also a key factor when U-Tex won the 1980 Open Conference over Toyota, a landmark victory that finally broke the Crispa-Toyota domination of the league.
Adornado won more three scoring championships upon his return, averaging 23.9 ppg, 26.1 ppg and 27.4 ppg.
He converted 69 consecutive free throws from Oct. 14, 1986 while playing for Shell until Aug. 7, 1987 while donning the Hill Bros. Jersey, a record that stood for six years until a new sweet-shooting gunner in the mold of Adornado by the name of Allan Caidic broke it with 76 consecutive free shots made.
All in all, Bogs was a member of seven Mythical Team Selections. He led the league in scoring five times and is a member of the 5,000- and 10,000-point clubs, scoring 11,967 points in 586 games during his memorable career.
Noel M. Novicio
http://web.archive.org/web/200104111...b_adornado.htm
Viva Santo Thomas.
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