Edgardo "Jack" Tanuan (July 23, 1965 – April 4, 2002) was a Filipino professional basketball player in the

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College / Amateur career

Tanuan played college basketball at

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in the UAAP. In the Philippine Amateur Basketball League, Jack saw action for Hope Cigarettes, YCO Shine Masters and MIESCOR. He was part of the Philippine national team that took home the bronze medal during the

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in Seoul, Korea.

Professional career

He was drafted first overall by newcomer Purefoods Hotdogs in the

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. He primarily served as backup to

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and

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in his rookie year. Under coach

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, Big Jack was a revelation in the 1990 All-Filipino Conference but still could not find his place with Purefoods, averaging only nine minutes per game. Midway in the first conference of the 1991 PBA season, Tanuan was lured away by Swift Mighty Meaties from Purefoods through the offer sheet. His scoring average increased from 3.8 points per game to 11.6 an outing with Swift. Before the start of the second conference of the 1993 PBA season, Tanuan was traded by Swift to Sta.Lucia Realtors for Zaldy Realubit. Jack played back-up to Jun Limpot at Sta.Lucia. He returned to Purefoods Hotdogs in 1995 and became a journeyman in the next two seasons, playing for Pepsi/Mobiline and returning as well with Pop Cola. Tanuan was traded in late-1997 to Alaska Milkmen, along with Kenneth Duremdes, and he won his last PBA title with the Milkmen in the 1997 PBA Governors Cup. He later moved to the newly formed league

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via the

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Illness and death

Tanuan succumbed to a lingering kidney ailment on April 4, 2002. He had been in and out of the hospital for some time and was last confined at the New Era Hospital in Quezon City, battling a kidney disease that ended his career in 2000.HighBeam
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References

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