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Enrique Beech

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Enrique Beech
Born(1920-08-14)August 14, 1920
Manila, Philippine Islands
DiedNovember 14, 2012(2012-11-14) (aged 92)
Parañaque, Philippines
Association football career
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1936 San Beda College
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940s Turba Salvaje
International career
1936–1950 Philippines
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
Sports career
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing Philippines
Asian Games
Bronze medal – third place1954 ManilaTrap
Bronze medal – third place1958 TokyoTrap

Enrique Beech (August 14, 1920 – November 14, 2012) was a Philippine footballer and sport shooter.

Early life and education

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He was born in Manila[1] and attended Colegio de San Juan de Letran and San Beda College.[2]

Career

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Beech played on the football team of San Beda. He was recruited upon his 1936 graduation to play for the Philippines national football team.[2] In the Manila Football League he played for the Turba Salvaje in the late 1940s.[3] He played for the national team until 1950 and stayed with them through 1950, when a knee injury put his career on hold.[2] The Philippine Olympic Committee, then the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation, helped pay for a knee operation so that he could resume playing, but Beech soon turned to shooting following his recovery, believing that he would have a better chance to medal in this sport at the 1954 Asian Games.[2][4]

Beech competed in trap shooting throughout his career and won a bronze medal at the 1954 Asian Games. Two years later he headed to the 1956 Summer Olympics, where he placed 24th in a field of 32 participants in the same event. At the 1958 Asian Games he again captured a bronze medal and his last major international tournament was the 1960 Summer Olympics, where he ended up near the bottom of the rankings in the competition.[1] He later found success in golf[4] and was inducted into the San Beda College Sports Hall of Fame in 2003.[5]

Outside of sports he worked in the cargo department of Philippine Airlines and later ran a travel agency. From 1990 until his death he served as a consultant to the Philippine Sports Commission.[4] He died November 14, 2012, in Parañaque.[6]

References

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  1. 1 2 Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (2011). "Enrique Beech Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Henson, Joaquin (October 31, 2011). "Olympian prays for London gold". The Philippine Star. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Ramirez, Bert (2016). "Looking Back (chapter author)". Philippine Football: Its Past, Its Future. By Villegas, Bernardo. University of Asia and the Pacific. p. 41. ISBN 978-621-8002-29-6.
  4. 1 2 3 Henson, Joaquin (November 29, 2007). "Why not Beech?". The Philippine Star. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  5. ↑ Del Gallego, Mike (2004). "SBC 2003 SPORTS.... HALL OF FAME". Degalen Corporation. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Beech, 92". Malaya. November 15, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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