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| Born | (1937-10-17)October 17, 1937 (age 88) | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Filipino | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 1974–1979; 1987–1989 | ||||||||||||||
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| 1974–1979 | Toyota | ||||||||||||||
| 1987–1989 | Shell | ||||||||||||||
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Edmundo "Dante" S. Silverio Sr. (born October 17, 1937),[1][2] is aFilipino painter, former basketball coach and former champion race car driver.
Silverio rose to prominence in 1972, when he captured a rare double feat, winning the International Greenhills Grand Prix and, two months later, the Royal Rally of Champions.
Silverio became involved in basketball when he formed theToyota Athletic Club (Komatsu Komets/Toyota Comets) in 1973 which participated in theMICAA. From being its team manager, he became its head coach in 1974 after coach Nilo Verona left the team. In the PBA, he led the franchise to five championships and six runner-up finishes.
In December 1979, Silverio resigned from the team after corporate management decided to reinstate playersRamon Fernandez,Ernesto Estrada andAbe King in Game 2 of theInvitational (3rd) Conference championship finals. Silverio did not field these players in during the conference, claiming the three deliberately “didn't play their best” in a losing finals stint againstRoyal Tru Orange during the previous conference (1979 Open (2nd) Conference). Toyota eventually won the title on December 15, 1979, under assistant coachFort Acuña, beating arch-rivalCrispa in four games.
He returned to the PBA in1988-1989 as head coach ofShell. He piloted the franchise to runner-up finishes in the1988 PBA Reinforced Conference and1989 PBA Open Conference.
During the PBA'sinaugural season, Silverio coached in the pioneering version of the PBA All-Star Games on December 23, 1975, called the PBA Ovaltine Dream Games. Silverio's Ovaltine Yellow squad lost to the Ovaltine Brown team coached byBaby Dalupan, 126-123 in the third and deciding match.
In 1989, Silverio coached the Rookie-Sophomores-Juniors All-Stars during the1989 PBA All-Star Weekend, losing to the Veteran All-Stars coached by Baby Dalupan, 132-130.
In 2003, Silverio participated in the Crispa–Toyota reunion game during the2003 PBA All-Star Weekend, coaching the Toyota team to a 65-61 victory.
Silverio was the team manager of thePhilippines men's national basketball team which captured the1973 FIBA Asia Championship.[3]
