Orlando Bauzon

Bauzon died on September 5, 2020 in Pampanga due to cardiac arrest at age 75.

Bauzon was married to Josie Bauzon who was the first female Philippine Sports Commission commissioner. His wife died in 2011.

He continued with Toyota when the franchise transferred to the PBA. He ended his playing career with the Mariwasa Honda Wildcats (1978).

After his retirement from competitive basketball as player in 1978, he has coached various collegiate teams. He has coached his alma mater UST during UAAP Season 51 in 1988 where his squad finished seventh and Adamson University which he led to the UAAP Season 55 finals in 1992 where Adamson faced eventual champions Far Eastern University. He has also mentored the University of the Philippines in 1995 and the Pangasinan Presidents of the Metropolitan Basketball Association in 1998.

Bauzon joined Toyota in its first MICAA tournament in 1973 and was instrumental in securing his team a place in the final with his last second shot in the semifinal. Toyota won against the Concepcion Motorolas in the final.

Bauzon also played for the Philippine national team and competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He also represented the country at the 1970 Asian Games in Bangkok and the 1967 ABC Championship in Seoul. In the latter, the Philippines won the title besting hosts South Korea in the de facto final.

Orlando "Orly" Bauzon (November 17, 1944 – September 5, 2020) was a Filipino basketball player and coach.

Bauzon was born on November 17, 1944 in Calasiao, Pangasinan in the Philippines during the later years of the Japanese occupation of the islands during the World War II era.