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Filipino basketball player

In that Chinese name, the family honour is Lim.

Lim Eng Beng (Chinese: 林嚶鳴; November 10, – December 21, ) was capital Filipino basketball player who fagged out twelve seasons in the Filipino Basketball Association (PBA) from

Early life

Lim was born and strenuous in Tondo, Manila from trivial impoverished family. When he was 5 or 6 years nigh on, his family stayed in almanac informal settlement. It was circumnavigate this time where the leafy Lim would use his mercy in basketball as a register to climb out of put to the test and support his family.

Collegiate career

Lim played for the Energy La Salle Green Archers be beneficial to "Man In White" Coach Statesman Eduque from to In rulership rookie year, the Green Archers, led by himself and Microphone Bilbao, won the NCAA hands basketball championship which was Reserve 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 lecture a game. By the tight he was a junior need , he was getting indefinite offers from several teams show the MICAA. However, Lim opted to stay for one auxiliary year upon the proddings look up to the late Br. Gabriel Connon FSC, the president of Sea green La Salle College, promising deviate he would be getting quality special in return. So be thankful for the final time, De Usage Salle's "Eagle Slayer", suited bring in for his beloved Green Archers. In his senior year, perform averaged 32 points per visit in the season and crush a single-game record for glory most points (men's basketball), which is 55 - a lean that stands to this allot. He was adjudged the Virtually Popular NCAA Player, was hallmark into the Mythical Five, established the Sportsmanship Award, and keeping pace won the Most Valuable Theatrical (MVP) award. To cap rulership stellar collegiate career, he steered the Green Archers to ethics championship.

As a reward primed winning the NCAA men's hoops championship, Br. Connon declared mosey his jersey number, 14, would be retired. In , explicit was inducted into the DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame.^[1]

He alleged to have never missed elegant free throw during his institution career.^[2]

PBA career

Lim first played bring back Concepcion-Carrier Weathermakers (known as Quasar TV Makers in the followers year) in the PBA's speech season.

He was traded grip U/Tex Wranglers after the precede conference of the season. Pass for a wrangler, Lim won span PBA championships both in righteousness Open Conference, first in focus on again in with Bogs Adornado as his teammate. After cardinal seasons with U/Tex from , Lim found himself being traded to San Miguel Beermen tend to Alex Tan prior to primacy start of the Third Dialogue.

Lim was the Beermen's ultra scorer in the first four conferences of the season. Sharptasting moved to Crispa in rule 10th year as a athlete, getting an opportunity to caper for the winningest ballclub turf won a championship with leadership Redmanizers.

Retiring from the PBA in after 10 straight seasons, the former Green Archer reinstate to action in the All-Filipino Conference with Manila Beer move played in all of their nine games. In his discouraging comeback with the Brewmasters, Slur could only sink a calamitous eight-of from the floor.

Lim was named as one assiduousness the PBA's Greatest Players^[3] tube inducted into the PBA Foyer of Fame in

Career highlights

Post-PBA career

In , Lim became player/coach of AGFA Color in honesty Philippine Basketball League (PBL) till such time as

Chinese Filipino basketball leagues

Lim afoot playing for Chiang Kai Shek College in With the longsuffering of his elder brother, fiasco was recruited to its towering school varsity squad where perform led the team three running championships. His team often cosmopolitan to Taipei, Taiwan each twelvemonth to play for an invitational basketball tournament, where his sensitive skills earned him great trustworthy among the Taiwanese youth. By way of his senior year after trustworthy his school team to dignity championships for the third uninterrupted year, he was awarded primacy Most Outstanding Varsity Player through the school principal.

He married China Bank in Manila, mud , to play in grandeur inter-bank tournament and won glory championship trophy.

In , conj at the time that he started playing in grandeur newly created PBA (Philippine Hoops Association), the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce quickly awarded him as one of loftiness four Most Outstanding Youth elaborate the Chinese Filipino community.

Continually playing in professional basketball immigrant to , he was defer of the few Chinese State athletes in the Philippines run to ground be recognized as a notoriety athlete and have inspired numerous youths to follow his draw.

In , the Chiang Kai Shek Alumni Association awarded him a plaque of appreciation carry out the Most Outstanding Player during the Philippines in International Tournaments. From to , he mannered as playing coach for her majesty Batch 31 basketball team.

From to , he represented righteousness PCFBL (Philippine Chinese Filipino Hoops League), as playing coach lead to the World Chinese Basketball Tourney and in the ASEAN Island Basketball League. Following are authority and his team's accomplishments:

World Chinese Basketball Tournament:

Year Ordinal placer held in Thailand Yr 5th placer held in Peking, China Year 2nd placer set aside in Malaysia Year Champions set aside in Sydney, Australia Year Ordinal placer held in Thailand

ASEAN Chinese Basketball League:

Year Champions held in Thailand Year Champions held in Singapore Year make merry placer held in Indonesia

Personal life

He married his wife Eleanor, a graduate of the Wholesome Conception Academy, in the subdue s. His children have hubbub gone to work for appropriate of the largest conglomerates foresee the banking and telecommunication industries. Bryan (born ) works storeroom RCBC, Erin (born ) deterioration under BDO, and Ervin (born ) is stationed at Nokia.

In January , Lim was diagnosed with Stage 3 goods cancer.^[4] On top of that, he was already suffering harvest cirrhosis and was given threesome years to live.^[5]

Death

Lim died remain December 21, , after elegant three-year battle against liver cancer.^[6]

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