list of MICAA champions

[pachador2]

can someone please fill in the blanks for the MICAA champions up to 1960 ??

1938- HC Heacock
1939 -manila port terminal
1942 to 1945- World War 2
1946- Maurice Enterprises
1947- Olympic Sporting Goods
1948 - ?
1949 - ?
1950 - PRISCO
1951 - PAL
1952 - ?
1953- ?
1954 -?
1955 - 7 UP
1954 to 1960- Yco(National Seniors)

 

[donmar2]

1951 - Pratra... is PAL and Pratra the same organization?..

1964 - Yco Painters

I'll try check out the "Legends and Heroes" book to get more info when I get home...

 

[pachador2]

thanks for trying. i think the news articles just made a mistake for pratra. pratra should have won in 1948 or 49 i have to check my records. for sure pal won in 1951. i have the original article from 1951.

1951 - Pratra... is PAL and Pratra the same organization?..

1964 - Yco Painters

I'll try check out the "Legends and Heroes" book to get more info when I get home...

 

[nardy2]

Pachador ..... if you can get hold of a copy of the old "Sports Flash" magazine, in 1980 they came out with an anniversary issue and all the pertinent data about the History of the MICAA are in there. Maybe you can look at the libraries of San Beda, Ateneo and UP.

You can also contact Reuel Vidal (of Manila Standard Today) who was a freelance columnist for Sports Flash, a 16-page weekly sports tabloid, then the most popular sports magazine in the country. You could e-mail him at reuelvidal@yahoo.com.

Also try going to this link:

THE MICAA Thread @ mypba.com

 

[nardy2]

thanks for trying. i think the news articles just made a mistake for pratra. pratra should have won in 1948 or 49 i have to check my records. for sure pal won in 1951. i have the original article from 1951.

Please note that On October 3, 1950 the PRATRA (Philippine Relief and Trade Rehabilitation Administration) was abolished, and the Price Stabilization Corporation (PRISCO) was created (Ex. Order 350, Oct. 3, 1950).

But in internet articles it stated that PRATRA was MICAA Champion in 1951 with a very young Caloy Loyzaga as part of that team of Coach Gabriel ''Gabby'' Fajardo.

And if I remember it right there are years that the MICAA has more than one Championship for some particular years so there might be multiple champions in a single year.

 

[pachador2]

thanks for the leads .hhhm that sports flash issue is interesting


7 UP is supposed to have been the 1955 champion and yet YCO was also champion in that year.

then there is this other championship called national seniors open championship(commercial teams and college teams) where YCO was was the boss from 1954 to 1960

Please note that On October 3, 1950 the PRATRA (Philippine Relief and Trade Rehabilitation Administration) was abolished, and the Price Stabilization Corporation (PRISCO) was created (Ex. Order 350, Oct. 3, 1950).

But in internet articles it stated that PRATRA was MICAA Champion in 1951 with a very young Caloy Loyzaga as part of that team of Coach Gabriel ''Gabby'' Fajardo.

And if I remember it right there are years that the MICAA has more than one Championship for some particular years so there might be multiple champions in a single year.

 

[pachador2]

thanks for this so this answers the mystery. if pratra was abolished in 1950 then there is no way it could have won in 1951. Also , in my original article i have, it says there that PRISCO won in 1950(jives with what you have below) and PAL won in 1951.

i do need to verify if PAL also won in 1952 and 1953 because thats what a manila bulletin article says.

Please note that On October 3, 1950 the PRATRA (Philippine Relief and Trade Rehabilitation Administration) was abolished, and the Price Stabilization Corporation (PRISCO) was created (Ex. Order 350, Oct. 3, 1950).

But in internet articles it stated that PRATRA was MICAA Champion in 1951 with a very young Caloy Loyzaga as part of that team of Coach Gabriel ''Gabby'' Fajardo.

And if I remember it right there are years that the MICAA has more than one Championship for some particular years so there might be multiple champions in a single year.

 

[nardy2]

thanks for this so this answers the mystery. if pratra was abolished in 1950 then there is no way it could have won in 1951. Also , in my original article i have, it says there that PRISCO won in 1950(jives with what you have below) and PAL won in 1951.

i do need to verify if PAL also won in 1952 and 1953 because thats what a manila bulletin article says.

Also check on the National Library. Check on the old issues of the "old" Manila Times and Manila Chronicle as they were the premier newspapers at that time.

I am also not sure if the Rizal Memorial and the BAP still keeps records of the past tournaments, you might also like to check.

 

[donmar2]

thanks for the leads .hhhm that sports flash issue is interesting


7 UP is supposed to have been the 1955 champion and yet YCO was also champion in that year.

then there is this other championship called national seniors open championship(commercial teams and college teams) where YCO was was the boss from 1954 to 1960

I notice that as well in the "Legends and Heroes" book... I think they might have two conferences or championships under MICAA... we need the old-timers on this one...

 

[Percival O. Flores2]

I notice that as well in the "Legends and Heroes" book... I think they might have two conferences or championships under MICAA... we need the old-timers on this one...

When Ford Mo47 and I were growing up, we were regaled by tales of the pre-war MICAA by our grandfather, the national artist Hernando R. Ocampo, who played for the Letran juniors team in the NCAA and Philippine Educational Company (PECO) in the MICAA.

So it was understandably a basketball-crazy clan. We picked our teams: the grandfather was a San Miguel fan because they played all-Filipino even in tournaments that had imports; I and a cousin were devoted to the Crispa Floro rednmanizers while Ford Mo and another cousin rooted for Yco and to lesser degree, Meralco.

The MICAA had two regular tournaments, the All-Filipino and the Open. Then there were the side tournaments like the National Seniors (where the commercial teams get to play collegiate teams); the Invitational (where foreign team like Taiwan's Flying Camels competed); the PANAMIN, the tournament organized by the Elizalde's; the Challenge to Champions (where the top teams competed).

Thus, the present PBA format which features an All-Filipino, Open, and occasional invitational tournament is actually derived from the MICAA days.

Thanks Nardy for citing the MICAA thread in MyPBA, where we believed we made some contributions.

This must qualify me as an old-timer.

 

[Lebron232]

How many MICAA MVP awards has Robert Jaworski won?