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(Lou Salvador Sr. (center) with 2 of his 102 children, Lou Jr. and Leroy)
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Early Life and Basketball Career
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Lou Salvador was born in Tacloban, Leyte on July 7, 1905 to a Spanish father and a mestiza mother.  Salvador's journey to fame began on the basketball court. He first played for the Philippine men's national basketball team at the tender age of seventeen, at the 1921 Far Eastern Games held in Shanghai, China.
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His most notable achievement in basketball came in May 1923, during the Far Eastern Games in Osaka, Japan. Salvador scored an astounding <span class="new-span">116 points</span> in a single game against China. This feat made him one of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_basketball_players_who_have_scored_100_points_in_a_single_game" class="news_link" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">few basketball players to have scored over 100 points in a single game</a>. Salvador attributed his achievement to excellent conditioning, recounting that for a whole year prior to that game, he had practiced daily at the YMCA compound in Manila.
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Lou Salvador Sr., a legend in sports and entertainment was born on July 7, 1905 in Tacloban