Cris Bolado

Crisanto Bolado (October 25, 1969 – September 17, 2017^[1]) was a Filipino professional basketball player.

Basketball career[]

Cris played for the NU Bulldogs of the National University during his college years. He was selected by Alaska in the second round of the 1994 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) draft.^[2] At 6-7, the Hulking Bolado tied San Miguel Beermen's Dong Polistico as the second tallest player in the league that time.

He became part of the Alaska Milkmen's grandslam team in 1996 and in terms of finals stints, Cris was easily the most successful in the PBA, where he made it to the championship series ten straight times - from Alaska, Purefoods and Gordon's Gin.^[3]

In 1999, he was in his fourth PBA team with Pop Cola and then was traded to San Miguel Beermen where he became a member of two championships. Bolado won 11 titles in the league and retired in 2003.^[2]

Later life and death[]

Bolado moved to Cambodia with his wife in 2013. There he worked as a basketball coach in an international school in Phnom Penh. He also managed Inasal Nation, a restaurant.^[2] He died in a motorcycle accident on September 17, 2017 at age 47.^[4]

Personal life[]

Bolado was married to Anne Christine Waje with whom he had two children. From 2013 until his death, Bolado and his wife resided in Cambodia.^[2]

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