What is Carlos Loyzaga?
{{Infobox basketball biography | name = Carlos Loyzaga | image = | number = 41 | position = [[Center (basketball)|Center]] | league = | team = | nationality = Filipino | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|8|29}} | birth_place = [[Manila]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|1|27|1930|8|29}} | death_place = [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan]], [[Metro Manila]], [[Philippines]] | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 5 | college = [[San Beda College]] | career_start =1951 | career_end =1964 | years1 = 1954–1964 | team1 = [[YCO Painters]] ([[Manila Industrial Commercial Athletic Association|MICAA]]) }} '''Carlos Matute Loyzaga''' (August 29, 1930 – January 27, 2016) was a [[Filipinos|Filipino]] [[basketball]] player and coach. He was born in [[Manila]], [[Insular Government of the Philippine Islands|Philippine Islands]]. He was the most dominant basketball player of his era in the Philippines. He was called the greatest Filipino basketball player of all time. Loyzaga was a two-time Olympian ([[Philippines at the 1952 Summer Olympics|1952]], [[Philippines at the 1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]), as a member of the [[Philippines men's national basketball team]]. Loyzaga died on January 27, 2016 in [[San Juan, Metro Manila|San Juan]], [[Metro Manila]] from complications of a [[stroke]] at the age of 85.<ref name=Death>{{cite news|last1=Dee|first1=Ignacio|title=PH basketball legend Caloy Loyzaga dies|url=http://www.rappler.com/sports/by-sport/basketball/120403-ph-basketball-caloy-loyzaga-dies|access-date=27 January 2016|publisher=Rappler|date=27 January 2016}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://www.basketball-reference.com/olympics/athletes/carlos-loyzaga-1 Basketball-reference.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203082856/https://www.basketball-reference.com/olympics/athletes/carlos-loyzaga-1 |date=2017-12-03 }} * [http://blogs.inquirer.net/sportsaficionado