San Miguel Beermen (ABL)
Encyclopedia
The San Miguel Beermen (or officially known as San Miguel Beer-Philippines) is a new professional team that will play in the ASEAN Basketball League
in the 2012 season which starts in January. The team is based in the Philippines
with the team owned by San Miguel Corporation
.
San Miguel is the second ABL team from the Philippines after the Philippine Patriots
after officials from the company and the league announced its participation on July 6, 2011. The Beermen will play their home games at the Ynares Sports Arena
in Pasig City
.
Former seven-time Philippine Basketball Association
Best Import Bobby Parks
has been named as coach of the team. No lineup has been announced by the team.
San Miguel's basketball history can be traced back in the old Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
when it was known as the San Miguel Braves. In 1975, the company bolted out of the league to become of the one of the founding members of the PBA.
The team won a PBA-record 19 championships, including a grandslam
in the 1989 season
. San Miguel also carried the names of Royal Tru-Orange, Magnolia Ice Cream, Magnolia Beverage Masters and Petron Blaze Boosters. After the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup
, the team replaced their team name to Petron, one of SMC's subsidiaries.
Among the big names that played for San Miguel were Manny Paner, Samboy Lim
, Ramon Fernandez
, Ato Agustin
, Hector Calma
, Allan Caidic
, Danny Ildefonso
, Danny Seigle
and Dondon Honteviros.
ASEAN Basketball League
The ASEAN Basketball League, often abbreviated to the ABL, is a men's professional basketball league in Southeast Asia. Six clubs from six different countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations competed in the league's 2009 inaugural season...
in the 2012 season which starts in January. The team is based in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
with the team owned by San Miguel Corporation
San Miguel Corporation
Established in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel Corporation is Southeast Asia's largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company with over 17,000 employees in over 100 major facilities throughout the Asia-Pacific....
.
San Miguel is the second ABL team from the Philippines after the Philippine Patriots
Philippine Patriots
The Philippine Patriots is a professional basketball team currently seeing action in the ASEAN Basketball League. The Philippines' representative team to the first ASEAN Basketball League, it is co-owned by Mikee Romero of Harbour Centre fame and businessman Tony Boy Cojuangco...
after officials from the company and the league announced its participation on July 6, 2011. The Beermen will play their home games at the Ynares Sports Arena
Ynares Sports Arena
The Ynares Sports Arena is an indoor sporting arena located in Pasig, Philippines. The stadium has hosted to the basketball games of the Philippine Basketball Association and Philippine Basketball League, as well as collegiate basketball tournaments...
in Pasig City
Pasig City
The City of Pasig is one of the city municipalities of Metro Manila in the Philippines and was the former capital of the province of Rizal prior to the formation of this grouping of cities designated as the National Capital Region...
.
Former seven-time Philippine Basketball Association
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association , is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of 10 company-branded franchised teams. It is the first and oldest professional basketball league in Asia and the second oldest in the world after the NBA...
Best Import Bobby Parks
Bobby Parks
Bobby Ray Parks is an American professional basketball player from Grand Junction, Tennessee. He played for Memphis State University during the 1980s and played internationally in France and the Philippines...
has been named as coach of the team. No lineup has been announced by the team.
Basketball History
- Main article: Petron Blaze Boosters.
San Miguel's basketball history can be traced back in the old Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association
The Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association is a defunct sports association which existed from 1938 to 1981. It is best known for its basketball league for amateur players....
when it was known as the San Miguel Braves. In 1975, the company bolted out of the league to become of the one of the founding members of the PBA.
The team won a PBA-record 19 championships, including a grandslam
Grand Slam (PBA)
The Grand Slam in the Philippine Basketball Association refers to a PBA team who has won all three conferences in a single season. After the PBA reduced the number of conferences from three to two beginning in 2004, the term became quite obsolete to some...
in the 1989 season
1989 PBA season
The 1989 PBA season was the 15th season of the Philippine Basketball Association .-Notable Events:*The richest crop of rookies, and the most talented PBA batch of draftees, came to the PBA in its 15th.season, most notable names were Benjie Paras, Nelson Asaytono, Dindo Pumaren, Paul Alvarez, Zaldy...
. San Miguel also carried the names of Royal Tru-Orange, Magnolia Ice Cream, Magnolia Beverage Masters and Petron Blaze Boosters. After the 2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup
2011 PBA Commissioner's Cup
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, the team replaced their team name to Petron, one of SMC's subsidiaries.
Among the big names that played for San Miguel were Manny Paner, Samboy Lim
Samboy Lim
Avelino B. Lim, Jr. , better known as Samboy Lim, is a former basketball player of the Philippine Basketball Association. As a shooting guard, the iconic Lim distinguished himself with Magic Johnson-like ball handling skills and Julius "Dr...
, Ramon Fernandez
Ramón Fernández
Ramon S. Fernandez is generally regarded as the greatest basketball player produced by the Philippine Basketball Association. Fernandez won four Most Valuable Player awards and a record of 19 PBA championships bagged...
, Ato Agustin
Ato Agustin
Renato Agustin , better known as Ato "The Atom Bomb" Agustin, is a former Filipino professional basketball player. He played college ball for the Lyceum of the Philippines, before moving on to play professional basketball in the Philippine Basketball Association.Agustin is a former Most Valuable...
, Hector Calma
Hector Calma
Hector Calma is a retired Filipino professional basketball player. At 5 feet and 6 inches, he played at the point guard position and was most notably associated with the San Miguel Beer team of the Philippine Basketball Association....
, Allan Caidic
Allan Caidic
Alan Vito Flores Caidic is a retired professional basketball player from the Philippines and is currently an assistant coach of the Barangay Ginebra Kings in the PBA...
, Danny Ildefonso
Danny Ildefonso
Danilo Ildefonso is a Filipino professional basketball player for the Petron Blaze Boosters in the Philippine Basketball Association. Nicknamed Danny I and The Demolition Man, Ildefonso is a two-time PBA Most Valuable Player in 2000 and 2001...
, Danny Seigle
Danny Seigle
Daniel Charles Seigle is a Filipino American professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association for the Barako Bull Energy. A 6'6", 205-lb. swingman, he is fondly called Dynamite Danny and Danny S. by many...
and Dondon Honteviros.