Location: San Beda University, Mendiola Street, Manila
Category: Personages
Type: Biographical marker
Status: Level II – Historical marker
Marker date (Filipino): 23 June 2006
Marker date (English): 12 January 2019
Installed by (Filipino): National Historical Institute (NHI)
Installed by (English): National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP)
Marker text (Filipino):
ILDEFONSO G. TRONQUED SR.
KILALANG ATLETA, ISINILANG SA CEBU, 12 ENERO 1903. NAGSIMULA BILANG MANLALARO NG IBA’T IBANG ISPORTS SA SAN BEDA COLLEGE AT NAGING BANTOG SA LARANGAN NG FOOTBALL. KASAPI SA KOPONAN NG PILIPINAS NA NAKIPAGTUNGGALI SA FAR EASTERN GAMES (NGAYO’Y ASIAN GAMES), SHANGHAI, 1921 AT 1927; OSAKA, 1923; AT MAYNILA, 1925. NAGING ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, SAN BEDA COLLEGE, 1953-1956; TAGASANAY, U.P. FOOTBALL TEAM, 1956-1971. KINILALA RIN BILANG ISA SA PINAKAMAGALING NA FOOTBALL REFEREE AT KASAPI NG FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCITION. GINAWARAN NG BENEDECTINE CENTENNIAL ALUMNI AWARD PARA SA MAHALAGANG NAGAWA SA LARANGAN NG ISPORTS, 1995. YUMAO, 6 APRIL 1996.
Marker text (English):
ILDEFONSO G. TRONQUED SR.
RENOWNED ATHLETE, BORN IN CEBU, 12 JANUARY 1903. STARTED AS A PLAYER IN DIFFERENT SPORTS AT SAN BEDA COLLEGE AND BECAME PROMINENT IN FOOTBALL. A MEMBER OF THE PHILIPPINE TEAM THAT COMPETED IN THE FAR EASTERN GAMES (NOW ASIAN GAMES), SHANGHAI, 1921 AND 1927; OSAKA, 1923; AND MANILA, 1925. BECAME ATHLETIC DIRECTOR, SAN BEDA COLLEGE, 1953-1956; TRAINER, U.P. FOOTBALL TEAM, 1956-1971. RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST FOOTBALL REFEREES AND A MEMBER OF THE FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCITION. RECEIVED THE BENEDECTINE CENTENNIAL ALUMNI AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO PHILIPPINE SPORTS, 1995. DIED, 6 APRIL 1996.
