Background
Ocampo was born in Pampanga, Philippines on October 5, 1938.
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Ocampo was born in Pampanga, Philippines on October 5, 1938.
He was educated at the Ateneo de Manila (GS 1951, High School 1955, Bachelor of Business Administration 1959).
He was one of four children of renowned architect Fernando H. and Lourdes Luciano. Football During his grade school years, became interested in basketball and football. He tried out for the grade school basketball team but did not pass the height requirement.
Instead, he made it to the football squad where his brilliance in the field became much apparent.
By the age of seventeen, was acclaimed by sportswriters as “Mr. Football”. Track and field He was also active in track and field during his school years.
Basketball In 1956, broke his clavicle during a football game and was advised by doctors to cease from sports for six months. While recuperating, decided to join the school’s basketball team officially joined the team during the second round of the 1957 National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball season.
He led the team to back-to-back National Collegiate Athletic Association men"s basketball championships in 1957 and 1958. became the first team captain to be called King Eagle.
After graduation in 1959, he joined the fabled YCO Painters in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association during its prime era. He was part of the YCO championship teams of the 1960s and remained with the franchise until 1973/1974. = Philippine men’s basketball team He was also a three-time Olympian - 1960 (11th place), 1968 (13th place) and 1972 (13th place). was mentioned in Jose Ma.Bonifacio Escoda"s book, Basketball History: Philippines, as one of the finest guards the country has ever produced and a gentleman in and outside the hard court.
Though not a scorer, his leech-like guarding helped the national team of 1967 to regain the American Broadcasting Company crown by limiting Shin Dong-pa, South of Korea"s six-foot-one scoring machine to just 12 points. began his coaching career with the YCO Painters in 1975, winning the MICAA championship that year against Manila Bank in July.
This was the first Proceedings of the British Academy championship of the San Miguel franchise, currently the franchise with the most number of Proceedings of the British Academy championships (19). He later coached Manila Beer (1985), Shell (1986-1987) and Pepsi (1990). died on July 29, 1992 at the age of 53.
He was a member of the Philippine football team that toured of Korea and Spain in 1956. Ocampo was a regular member of the Philippines men"s national basketball team from 1959 to 1972.