# Charles Borck

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Filipino basketball player

Charles Borck Personal information Born (1917-01-04)January 4, 1917 Manila, Philippine Islands Died February 6, 2008(2008-02-06) (aged 91) Las Vegas, U.S. Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Career information College San Beda Position Center

**Charles Borck** (January 4, 1917 – February 6, 2008) was a [Filipino](/source/Filipino_people) [basketball](/source/Basketball) player.[1] Born in [Quiapo](/source/Quiapo%2C_Manila), [Manila](/source/Manila), [Philippines](/source/Philippines)[2] of a [German](/source/Germany) father and a [Spanish](/source/Spain) mother, he was nicknamed *The Blonde Bombshell* because of his blond hair and good looks.[2][3] A 6'1" [center](/source/Center_(basketball)), he played for the [San Beda](/source/San_Beda_College) [Red Lions](/source/San_Beda_Red_Lions#Basketball) men's senior basketball team and later for the [Philippines](/source/Philippines_men's_national_basketball_team) at the [1936 Summer Olympics](/source/Basketball_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics) where he was the tallest member of the latter team.[4]

After retiring from active play, Borck settled in [Las Vegas](/source/Las_Vegas%2C_Nevada), [Nevada](/source/Nevada), United States in 1949. By the time of his death in 2008, he was the [1936 Philippine men's Olympic basketball team](/source/Basketball_at_the_1936_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_team_squads#Philippines)'s last surviving member.[3][5] He became one of the first inductees into the Philippine National Basketball Hall of Fame in 1999 along with fellow 1936 Olympic basketball team members [Ambrosio Padilla](/source/Ambrosio_Padilla), [Jacinto Ciria Cruz](/source/Jacinto_Ciria_Cruz) and [Primitivo Martinez](/source/Primitivo_Martinez).[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Charlie Borck Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/charlie-borck-1.html). 2020-04-18. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2023-11-15.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown))

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bas_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bas_2-1) [Print Page - NCAA's Past and Present Foreign Players.](http://www.gameface.ph/forums/index.php?action=printpage;topic=1904.0) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110722234703/http://www.gameface.ph/forums/index.php?action=printpage%3Btopic%3D1904.0) July 22, 2011, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bor_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bor_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bor_3-2) Bocobo, Christian and Beth Celis. *Legends and Heroes of Philippine Basketball*, Philippines: The House Printers, 2004, p. 48

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Philippine Asian News Today](http://www.philippineasiannewstoday.com/pinoy-trivia/1199-americana)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Obituaries - Borck, Charles"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110604143147/http://www.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/individual_display.jsp?obitID=3560421). *Las Vegas Review-Journal*. 10 February 2008. Archived from [the original](http://www.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/individual_display.jsp?obitID=3560421) on 4 June 2011.

## External links

- [Charles Borck](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/players/373460) at [FIBA.basketball](/source/FIBA)

- [Charles Borck](https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/charlie-borck-1.html) – [Basketball-Reference.com](/source/Basketball-Reference.com) international player profile

- [Charles Borck](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/5769) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

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