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He played for the Philippines that finished 12th in the 1948 Summer Olympics held at London, England, United Kingdom.
He played for the Philippines that finished 12th in the 1948 Summer Olympics held at London, England, United Kingdom.
He was one of the greatest Filipino players of his time, playing alongside compatriot legend Carlos Loyzaga. In 1946, he led the San Carlos College of Cebu City to the first post-war Inter-Collegiate basketball championship. He later transferred to Letran College and together with Herminio "Togay" Astorga they formed the famous "Murder Incorporated." then eventually led the basketball team to capture the 1950 National Collegiate Athletic Association Philippines championship.
Mumar was later named co-captain with Carlos Loyzaga to lead the national team to the 1954 International Basketball Federation World Championship held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The team finished third and captured the bronze medal, the best finish ever by the Philippines in the World Championships. When he retired from playing basketball, he was given the honor to become trainer of the Indian national basketball team and several years later, he was contracted to undertake the same job with the Taipei squad.
Mumar has coached a lot of teams in various leagues. He has called the shots in the UAAP with Feati and UST, Trinity in the National Collegiate Athletic Association, Mariwasa, Meralco, U-Tex and Seven-Up in the MICAA, and Seven-Up, Filmanbank and Winston in the Proceedings of the British Academy. In the international competitions, he coached the Philippines to a third-place finish in the 1969 Asian Basketball Confederation (now International Basketball Federation Asia Championship) in Bangkok.
In 1981, Mumar worked as a panel analyst with Dick Ildefonso for Proceedings of the British Academy games on Channel 4.
He was also a radio television commentator with Joe Cantada covering National Collegiate Athletic Association contest in the past In 1999, he was named in the alongside his great teammate Carlos Loyzaga. His descendants in Talibon, Bohol are slowly making a name for themselves in the basketball world.
1948 Summer Olympics, 12th place.
1948 Summer Olympics, 12th place 1951 Asian Games, champions 1954 Asian Games, champions 1954 International Basketball Federation World Championship bronze medalist (third place) 1969 International Basketball Federation Asia Championship bronze medalist (third place) Philippine National Basketball Hall of Fame.
