Rodolfo "Ompong" Segura (born April 17) is a Filipino former professional

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player. He played

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for the Adamson Falcons in the

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(UAAP) and won championships for the Philippine national team and his teams in the

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(PBA) in the pro league's early years. Segura is also a former basketball coach and trained young Filipinos in

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, including that of Milo Best Center.

Collegiate and pre-PBA career

A 6'2"

, Segura first played for the Adamson Falcons in the

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. He would later help the RP Youth win a crown in the 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship with teammates

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, Edgardo Carvajal, Rino Salazar, Miguel Bilbao, Rey Franco, fellow Adamson Falcon Gregorio Dionisio, among others. When Toyota was not in the PBA yet, its winning tradition was seen in the

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with eventual pro players Segura,

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, Fernandez, Robert Concepcion, Orly Bauzon, Fort Acuña, and the Reynoso brothers Big Boy and Cristino.

Professional career

Toyota

In 1975, Segura was part of the first PBA champion team Toyota Comets. Under coach Dante Silverio, they would later win more championships in the pro league, more notably over their archrivals, the

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. His best average of close to 22 points, 4.32 rebounds, 1.49 assists, and .63 steals a game happened in his first PBA year.

Mariwasa

Segura's second PBA team was Mariwasa where he played 26 games in 1978.

U/Tex

Segura retained his double-digit scoring average as a U/Tex Wrangler in 1979.

MSW

Segura played two more games as a Winston King, wrapping up his PBA career with 223 games played and averaging 14.71 points a game.

Post-retirement

Segura accepted coaching offers in various leagues and took training and leadership roles in the conduct of basketball clinics of

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and other companies. Segura reunited with his alma mater in the 1990s and early 2000s when he was named assistant coach of the Lady Falcons, who won several championships in the UAAP under head coach Emelia Vega. He was also the assistant coach of the

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, who won the first championship of the defunct

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(MBA) under head coach Aric del Rosario. Another sort of reunion occurred at the rekindling of the Crispa-Toyota rivalry but with a twist, as they were past their prime and opted to play for the fans in a PBA

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game at the

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in 2003.

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