Elias Tolentino

Elias B. Tolentino Jr. (November 5, 1942 – November 19, 2017) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Playing career

Elias was a five-time national player and one of the major faces in Philippine basketball in the 1960s and early 1970s. Tolentino played with champion teams in his junior to senior years. He was a proud player of the

junior squad from 1958-1959 that took the NCAA juniors basketball crown. He went on to try his mettle with the JRC Heavy Bombers in 1960 where his team lost to Freddie Webb and the Letran Knights for the NCAA seniors title in 1960.

Tolentino played for Crispa Redmanizers in the MICAA for the 1961-62 season as Crispa won a title in 1962. From 1963 to 1974, he figured in another champion squad - the

for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games qualifying tournament. He was again a member of the 1968 Mexico Olympic squad of the country and the Bangkok ABC in 1969. Tolentino's fifth and last stint with the national team was in the 1970 Asian Invitational basketball conference in Manila.

The ex-Olympian would play in the Philippine Basketball Association for Toyota in 1976 and Seven-Up in 1977.

Death

He died on November 19, 2017.

References

External links

• Elias Tolentino at FIBA
• Elias Tolentino at
  Basketball-Reference.com
• Elias Tolentino at
  Olympedia