Cris Bolado | |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 7 |
Nationality: | Filipino |
Birth Date: | 25 October 1969 |
Birth Place: | Lucban, Quezon, Philippines |
Death Place: | Phnom Penh, Cambodia |
Draft Round Pba: | 2 |
Draft Pick Pba: | 13 |
Draft Year Pba: | 1994 |
Draft Team Pba: | Alaska Milkmen |
College: | NU (1987–1989) UM (1991) |
Career Start: | 1994 |
Career End: | 2003 |
Career Position: | Center |
Years1: | 1994–1997 |
Team1: | Alaska Milkmen |
Years2: | 1997 |
Team2: | Purefoods Corned Beef Cowboys |
Years3: | 1997–1998 |
Team3: | Gordon's Gin Boars / Ginebra San Miguel |
Years4: | 1999 |
Team4: | Pop Cola 800s |
Years5: | 1999 |
Team5: | San Miguel Beermen |
Years6: | 2000 |
Team6: | Batang Red Bull Thunder |
Years7: | 2002–2003 |
Team7: | Coca Cola Tigers |
Highlights: |
Crisanto "Jumbo" Bolado (October 25, 1969 – September 17, 2017[1]) was a Filipino professional basketball player.
In college, Bolado first played for the National University Bulldogs, then left in 1989. He then played for the University of Manila Hawks in 1991.[2] He was selected by Alaska in the second round of the 1994 PBA draft.[3] Listed at, Bolado tied Dong Polistico of the San Miguel Beermen as the second tallest player in the league at that time.
He became part of the Alaska Milkmen's 1996 Grand Slam team and in terms of finals stints, Bolado was one of the most successful in the PBA, making it to the championship series for ten straight times - from Alaska, Purefoods, and Gordon's Gin.[4]
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 more championships. Bolado won a total of 11 titles in the league and retired in 2003.[3]
In 2009, Bolado was a participant in . He was voted off the island after making it to as one of the final four members of his tribe before the tribes were merged.[5] Bolado starred in films Anting-Anting and The Fighting Chefs, and guested at the TV series At Your Service.
Bolado moved to Cambodia with his wife in 2013. He worked there as a basketball coach in an international school in Phnom Penh. He also managed Inasal Nation, a Filipino restaurant. He died in a motorcycle accident on September 17, 2017, at age 47 in Phnom Penh.[6] At the time of his death, Bolado was married to Anne Christine Waje, of whom he had two children.