Elmer Reyes
{{Short description|Filipino retired basketball player}}
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| nationality = Filipino
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1958|12|03}}
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| height_ft = 6
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| weight_lbs = 170
| career_position = Small forward
| college = San Beda
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| career_end = 1992
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| team1 = Presto
| years2 = 1984–1985
| team2 = Northern Cement
| years3 = 1987–1989
| team3 =San Miguel Beermen
| years4 = 1990
| team4 = Pop Cola Panthers
| years5 = 1991–1992
| team5 = Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
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As player:
- 8× PBA champion (1985 Reinforced, 1987 Reinforced, 1988 Open, 1988 Reinforced, 1989 Open, 1989 All-Filipino, 1989 Reinforced, 1991 All-Filipino)
- 2x William Jones Cup champion (1981, 1985)
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{{MedalSport | Men's basketball}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flag|Philippines|1936}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|ABC Championship}}
{{MedalGold|1985 Kuala Lumpur| Team competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}
{{MedalBronze|1986 Seoul| Team competition}}
{{MedalCompetition|SEA Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1985 Bangkok| Team competition}}
{{MedalGold| 1983 Singapore| Team competition}}
{{MedalGold| 1981 Manila| Team competition}}
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Elmer Reyes is a Filipino former professional basketball player.{{cite news |last1=Dy |first1=Richard |title=For Elmer Reyes, NCC stalwart, serving national team was a badge of honor |url=https://www.espn.ph/basketball/pba/story/_/id/29958258/for-elmer-reyes-ncc-stalwart-serving-national-team-was-badge-honor |access-date=11 August 2024 |work=ESPN.com |date=24 September 2020 |language=en}}
Career
=College=
Pre-1980s, Reyes played for the San Beda Red Lions in the National Collegiate Athletic Association helping the team win two consecutive titles.
=Club=
==Presto==
Reyes played for the Presto in the now-defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association.
==Northern Cement==
He would be part of the Philippines national team which played as a club under the name Northern Cement. This includes the 1981 William Jones Cup in Taiwan which Northern Cement won. Northern Cement with Reyes also bagged the 1984 Asian Basketball Club Championship title earning them a berth in the 1985 FIBA Club World Cup.
Reyes would be part of the team's guest team participation in the Philippine Basketball Association from 1984 to 1985. They became the first locally-based guest team to win a title when they became the champions of the 1985 Reinforced Conference.{{cite news |title=This Day in PBA History: NCC becomes first local guest team to win championship |url=https://news.abs-cbn.com/sports/11/28/21/this-day-in-pba-history-remembering-the-ncc-title-team |access-date=11 August 2024 |date=28 November 2021}}
Additionally Northern Cement competed under the club name "San Miguel" in the 1985 William Jones Cup which it also won.
==San Miguel, Pop Cola, and Purefoods==
From 1987 to 1989, Reyes played for franchise PBA team, San Miguel Beermen helping them win six conference titles. In 1990, he moved to expansion team Pop Cola Panthers. Reyes would then move to Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs helping them win the 1991 All-Filipino Conference title. He would retire in 1992.
=National team=
Reyes would train with the Philippines national team as early as 1980 under the Northern Cement program of sports patron Danding Cojuangco. His debut would be in the 1981 SEA Games in Manila where the team clinched a gold.{{cite news |last1=Villar |first1=Joey |last2=Beltran |first2=Nelson |title=Career shift can wait for RP's top gun |url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2003/12/04/230319/career-shift-can-wait-rp146s-top-gun |access-date=11 August 2024 |work=The Philippine Star |date=4 December 2003}}
As part of the under-18 youth team, Reyes would help the team win the 1982 ABC Under-18 Championship title, also at home.
This was followed by SEA Games golds in the 1983 edition in Singapore and 1985 edition in Bangkok. The team won a title at the 1985 ABC Championship in Kuala Lumpur and consequentially a berth in the 1986 FIBA World Championship in Spain, although the team withdrew due to the People Power Revolution. Reyes last stint with the Philippines was in the 1986 Asian Games where the team bagged a bronze.
Personal life
References
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{{Philippines Squad 1985 ABC Championship}}
{{Philippines Men Basketball Squad 1986 Asian Games}}
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Category:Asian Games bronze medalists for the Philippines
Category:Asian Games basketball players for the Philippines
Category:Basketball players at the 1986 Asian Games
Category:Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games
Category:San Miguel Beermen players
Category:Competitors at the 1985 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 1983 SEA Games
Category:Competitors at the 1981 SEA Games
Category:Philippines men's national basketball team players
Category:Filipino men's basketball players
Category:SEA Games gold medalists for the Philippines
Category:SEA Games medalists in basketball
Category:San Beda Red Lions basketball players