Career
Almario played collegiate basketball at DLSU and was one of the vital cogs of Northern Consolidated Cement squad which later became the core of the San Miguel Beermen. He was noted as the Triggerman of the RP Youth team that crushed China for the American Broadcasting Company youth championship at the Araneta Coliseum in 1982. Among his teammates in the team were Hector Calma, Leo Austria, Derrick Pumaren, Jong Uichico, Elmer Reyes, June Tan, the late Teddy Alfarero and the late Rey Cuenco.
He was also part of the national team that captured the internationally acclaimed Jones Cup in 1985.
He retired from basketball in 1990 to concentrate on coaching and golf. Almario died of heart attack on October 3, 2001 while visiting his fish farm in Ilagan, Isabela.