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Profile of Robert Jaworski
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Robert “Sonny†Jaworski (born March 8, 1946 in Baguio, Philippines) is a former Filipino senator and Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) legend, former playing coach of Ginebra San Miguel, the first ever playing coach of the PBA.
Known as The Big J and called The Living Legend during his playing days, Jaworski, of Polish descent, was given the honor of being one of the 25 Best PBA Players of all time.
He started his stellar career under the tutelage of legendary coach Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan at the University of the East. He later played on the YCO squad in the amateurs and was a member of several National Teams which brought pride and honor to the Philippines.
He later played for Toyota in the Philippine Basketball Association and was instrumental in Toyota's nine championships. He was the acknowledged leader of the Toyota squad which had many fiery matches with their rival, the Crispa Redamanizers. During his stint at Toyota, he won the coveted MVP award in 1978 averaging double digits in scoring and assists, only failing to make double digits in rebounds by a small margin. He was also the first Guard to achieve 1000 offensive and 2000 defensive rebounds.
After Toyota disbanded, he later took on the role of playing-coach for Ginebra. Owing to his rough-and-tumble-devil-may-care attitude, he led a ragtag squad of has-beens and castaway players to 4 championships and numerous memorable matches that kept PBA fans at the edge of their seats. These endeared Ginebra to Philippine basketball fans and made Ginebra the most popular team in the history of the PBA.
His fans grew to Legions that have spanned generations: from Fathers who have idolized him when he was with Toyota ; to their children who have admired him when he was leading the charge for Ginebra.
In 1998, he ran for a Senate seat and won.
After 23 years of giving PBA fans scintillating performances, he once more thrilled the public, when in May 2003, in a reunion match against their arch-rivals, the Crispa Redmanizers, he sank a three pointer from atop the arc to give his old team Toyota one last triumph over their old nemesis.
He is one of the first members of the PBA Hall of Fame. His name will forever be Legend in the history of Philippine basketball.
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