Amador Obordo was a basketball player who competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics.
His team placed fifth at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with 159–145 points. Obordo was from Mambusao in the Capiz Province of the West Visayas group of islands. He won three consecutive NCAA college championships 1931-33 with the Ateneo Blue Eagles and was elected as the most valuable player in 1933. He also represented the Philippines at the 1934 Far Eastern Games won a basketball gold. He coached the basketball team of Ateneo de Manila University in the 1940s.
He died in 1945 during World War II when his house in Manila’s Paco District caught fire after bombing of the city.
His team placed fifth at the 1936 Berlin Olympics with 159–145 points. Obordo was from Mambusao in the Capiz Province of the West Visayas group of islands. He won three consecutive NCAA college championships 1931-33 with the Ateneo Blue Eagles and was elected as the most valuable player in 1933. He also represented the Philippines at the 1934 Far Eastern Games won a basketball gold. He coached the basketball team of Ateneo de Manila University in the 1940s.
He died in 1945 during World War II when his house in Manila’s Paco District caught fire after bombing of the city.
GAMES
1936 Summer Olympics, Berlin