Jack Tanuan

Edgardo "Jack" Tanuan

Personal information
Born	(1965-07-23)July 23, 1965 Manila, Philippines
Died	Quezon City, Philippines
Nationality	Filipino
Listed height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
College	Far Eastern University
PBA draft	1988 Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall
Selected by the Purefoods Hotdogs
Playing career	1988–2000
Position	Power forward/Center
Number	14, 41
Career history
1988-1991	Purefoods Hotdogs
1991-1993	Diet Sarsi/Swift Mighty Meaties
1993-1994	Sta. Lucia Realtors
1995	Purefoods Tender Juicy Hotdogs
1996	Mobiline Cellulars
1997	Pop Cola Bottlers
1997	Alaska Milkmen
1998-2000	Negros Slashers (MBA)
Medals Men’s Basketball Representing Philippines Asian Games 1986 Seoul Team competition

Edgardo "Jack" Tanuan (July 23, 1965 – April 4, 2002) was a Filipino professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association.

College/Amateur career

Tanuan played collegiate basketball at Far Eastern University. He was part of the Philippine national team that took home the bronze medal during the 1986 Asian Games in Seoul, Korea.

Professional career

Tanuan was drafted first overall by Purefoods in the 1988 PBA draft, where he served as backup to Ramon Fernandez and Jerry Codiñera and struggled in his rookie year. He blossomed when coach Baby Dalupan took over the coaching reins for the TJ Hotdogs. In 1991, he, along with another ex-Purefoods player, Al Solis, were lured by Swift to become the team's new franchise players. He became a journeyman for the next few years, with stops at Sta. Lucia, Pepsi Mega/Mobiline, and Pop Cola, and would win his last PBA championship with the Alaska Milkmen in the 1997 PBA Governors Cup. He later moved to the newly formed league MBA via the Negros Slashers.

Illness and death

Tanuan succumbed to a lingering kidney ailment on April 4, 2002. He had been in and out of the hospital for some time and was last confined at the New Era Hospital in Quezon City, battling a kidney disease that ended his career in 2000.