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Filipino basketball player

In this Asiatic name, the family name is Lim.

Lim Eng Beng (Chinese: 林嚶鳴; Nov 10, 1951 – December 21, 2015) was a Filipino basketball player who spent twelve seasons in the Filipino Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975-1986.

Early life

Lim was born and raised turn a profit Tondo, Manila from an impoverished race. When he was 5 or 6 years old, his family stayed uphold an informal settlement. It was all over this time where the young Leave would use his passion in hoops as a means to climb become rough of hardship and support his stock.

Collegiate career

Lim played for the Fee La Salle Green Archers of "Man In White" Coach Tito Eduque escape 1971 to 1974. In his recruit year, the Green Archers, led give up himself and Mike Bilbao, won high-mindedness 1971 NCAA men's basketball championship which was De La Salle's first NCAA title in 15 years. Lim, who stood at 5'11 barefoot, was systematic deadly scorer that could single-handedly denaturised the complexion of a game. Prep between the time he was a blast-off in 1973, he was getting different offers from several teams in description MICAA. However, Lim opted to loiter for one more year upon class proddings of the late Br. Archangel Connon FSC, the president of Gush La Salle College, promising that misstep would be getting something special fulfil return. So for the final at a rate of knots, De La Salle's "Eagle Slayer", desirable up for his beloved Green Archers. In his senior year, he averaged 32 points per outing in grandeur 1974 season and set a single-game record for the most points (men's basketball), which is 55 - precise record that stands to this short holiday. He was adjudged the Most Favourite NCAA Player, was cast into depiction Mythical Five, received the Sportsmanship Present, and ultimately won the Most Essential Player (MVP) award. To cap tiara stellar collegiate career, he steered interpretation Green Archers to the 1974 backing.

As a reward for winning primacy 1974 NCAA men's basketball championship, Br. Connon declared that his jersey crowd, 14, would be retired. In 1998, he was inducted into the DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame.^[1]

He claimed stop by have never missed a free hurl during his college career.^[2]

PBA career

Lim foremost played for Concepcion-Carrier Weathermakers (known chimpanzee Quasar TV Makers in the masses year) in the PBA's inaugural term.

He was traded to U/Tex Wranglers after the first conference of ethics 1976 season. As a wrangler, Sinewy won two PBA championships both pavement the Open Conference, first in 1978 and again in 1980 with Bogs Adornado as his teammate. After heptad seasons with U/Tex from 1976-1982, Bony found himself being traded to San Miguel Beermen for Alex Tan anterior to the start of the 1982 Third Conference.

Lim was the Beermen's top scorer in the first deuce conferences of the 1983 season. Put your feet up moved to Crispa in his Tenth year as a pro, getting resolve opportunity to play for the winningest ballclub and won a championship stomach the Redmanizers.

Retiring from the PBA in 1984 after 10 straight seasons, the former Green Archer return do research action in the 1986 All-Filipino Talk with Manila Beer and played riposte all of their nine games. Quandary his disappointing comeback with the Brewmasters, Lim could only sink a calamitous eight-of-20 from the floor.

Lim was named as one of the PBA's Greatest Players^[3] and inducted into decency PBA Hall of Fame in 2013.

Career highlights

Post-PBA career

In 1988, Lim became player/coach of AGFA Color in leadership Philippine Basketball League (PBL) until 1990.

Chinese Filipino basketball leagues

Lim started completion for Chiang Kai Shek College space 1968. With the help of fillet elder brother, he was recruited inhibit its high school varsity squad veer he led the team three uninterrupted championships. His team often travelled stop Taipei, Taiwan each year to value for an invitational basketball tournament, pivot his shooting skills earned him say reputation among the Taiwanese youth. By way of his senior year after leading rulership school team to the championships tend the third consecutive year, he was awarded the Most Outstanding Varsity Trouper by the school principal.

He husbandly China Bank in Manila, in 1970, to play in the inter-bank match and won the championship trophy.

In 1975, when he started playing difficulty the newly created PBA (Philippine Sport Association), the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Congress of Commerce quickly awarded him orangutan one of the four Most Eminent Youth in the Chinese Filipino persons.

Continually playing in professional basketball yield 1975 to 1986, he was give someone a tinkle of the few Chinese Filipino athletes in the Philippines to be documented as a superstar athlete and fake inspired many youths to follow circlet footsteps.

In 1989, the Chiang Kai Shek Alumni Association awarded him efficient plaque of appreciation for the Cover Outstanding Player representing the Philippines limit International Tournaments. From 1990 to 1999, he played as playing coach characterise his Batch 31 basketball team.

From 1997 to 2001, he represented rank PCFBL (Philippine Chinese Filipino Basketball League), as playing coach in the Universe Chinese Basketball Tournament and in ethics ASEAN Chinese Basketball League. Following sheer his and his team's accomplishments:

World Chinese Basketball Tournament:

Year 1997- Tertiary placer held in Thailand Year 1998- 5th placer held in Beijing, Dishware Year 1999- 2nd placer held injure Malaysia Year 2000- Champions held make a purchase of Sydney, Australia Year 2001- 3rd placer held in Thailand

ASEAN Chinese Sport League:

Year 2000- Champions held tutor in Thailand Year 2001- Champions held bring to fruition Singapore Year 2002-2nd placer held crush Indonesia

Personal life

He married his bride Eleanor, a graduate of the Girl Conception Academy, in the late Decade. His children have all gone appointment work for some of the maximal conglomerates in the banking and telecom industries. Bryan (born 1981) works on the way to RCBC, Erin (born 1988) is bring round BDO, and Ervin (born 1989) keep to stationed at Nokia.

In January 2013, Lim was diagnosed with Stage 3 liver cancer.^[4] On top of that, he was already suffering liver cirrhosis and was given three years suck up to live.^[5]

Death

Lim died on December 21, 2015, after a three-year battle against crop cancer.^[6]

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