Nationality Filipino Pro career 1975–1986 Weight 79 kg Name Lim Beng Career start 1975 | Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg) Role Basketball Player Career end 1986 Height 1.8 m Education De La Salle University | |
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High school Chiang Kai Shek College Died December 21, 2015, Quezon City, Philippines | ||
Listed height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
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Lim Eng Beng (Chinese: 林嚶鳴; November 10, 1951 – December 21, 2015) was a Chinese Filipino basketball player who spent twelve seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975-1986.
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- The score lim eng beng passed away
- Lim eng beng tribute
- Early life
- Personal life
- Collegiate career
- Professional career
- Career highlights
- Playing with the Chinese Filipino Community
- Retirement and later life
- References
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Early life
Lim was born and raised in Tondo, Manila from a very poor family. When he was 5 or 6 years old, his family stayed in a squatter’s area.
Personal life
He and his wife, Eleanor, have three children, Bryan (born 1981), Erin (born 1988) and Ervin (born 1989).
Collegiate career
Lim played for the De La Salle Green Archers from 1971 to 1974. In his rookie year, the Green Archers, led by himself and Mike Bilbao, won the 1971 NCAA men's basketball championship which was La Salle's first NCAA title in 15 years. Lim was a deadly scorer who single-handedly changed the complexion of a game. By the time he was a junior in 1973, he was getting various offers from teams in the MICAA. However, Lim opted to stay for one more year upon the proddings of the late Br. Gabriel Connon, the president of De La Salle College, promising that he would be getting something special in return. So for the final time, he suited up for the Green Archers. In his senior year, he averaged 32 points per outing in the 1974 season and set a single game record for the most points (men's basketball), which is 55 - a record which stands to this day. He was adjudged the Most Popular NCAA Player, was cast into the Mythical Five, received the Sportsmanship Award and ultimately won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award. To cap his stellar collegiate career, he steered the Green Archers to the 1974 championship.
As a reward for winning the 1974 NCAA men's basketball championship, Br. Connon declared that his jersey number (#14) would be retired. In 1998, he was inducted into the DLSAA Sports Hall of Fame.
He claimed to have never missed a free throw during his college career.
Professional career
Right after college, Lim turned professional in the PBA, suiting up for Concepcion-Carrier (1975). He was best associated with the U/Tex Wranglers (1976-1982) and later played for the San Miguel Beermen (1982-1983), the Crispa Redmanizers (1984), Shell Azodrin (1985) and the Manila Beer Brewmasters (1986).
Career highlights
Playing with the Chinese Filipino Community
Lim started playing for Chiang Kai Shek College in 1968. With the help of his elder brother, he was recruited to its high school varsity squad where he led the team three consecutive championships. His team often travelled to Taipei, Taiwan each year to play for an invitational basketball tournament, where his shooting skills earned him great reputation among the Taiwanese youth. During his senior year after leading his school team to the championships for the third consecutive year, he was awarded the Most Outstanding Varsity Player by the school principal.
He joined China Bank in Manila, in 1970, to play in the inter-bank tournament and won the championship trophy.
In 1975, when he started playing in the newly created PBA (Philippine Basketball Association), the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce quickly awarded him as one of the four Most Outstanding Youth in the Chinese Filipino community.
Continually playing in professional basketball from 1975 to 1986, he was among one of the few elite Chinese-Filipino athletes in the Philippines to be recognized as a superstar athlete and have inspired many youths to follow his footsteps.
In 1989, the Chiang Kai Shek Alumni Association awarded him a plaque of appreciation for the Most Outstanding Player representing the Philippines in International Tournaments. From 1990 to 1999, he played as playing coach for his Batch 31 basketball team.
From 1997 to 2001, he represented the PCFBL (Philippine Chinese Filipino Basketball League), as playing coach in the World Chinese Basketball Tournament and in the ASEAN Chinese Basketball League. Following are his and his team's accomplishments:
World Chinese Basketball Tournament:
Year 1997- 3rd placer held in Thailand Year 1998- 5th placer held in Beijing, China Year 1999- 2nd placer held in Malaysia Year 2000- Champions held in Sydney, Australia Year 2001- 3rd placer held in Thailand
ASEAN Chinese Basketball League:
Year 2000- Champions held in Thailand Year 2001- Champions held in Singapore Year 2002-2nd placer held in Indonesia
Retirement and later life
Lim was one of the Greatest Players in PBA History and was enshrined into the PBA Hall of Fame on November 17, 2013.
In January 2013, Lim was diagnosed with Stage 3 liver cancer. On top of this, he was already suffering liver cirrhosis, and given three years to live.
Lim died on December 21, 2015 after a three-year battle against liver cancer.