RODOLFO ‘Totoy’ Tingzon, acknowledged as the father of youth baseball in the country, died in his sleep on Friday.
He was 97.
PONY Baseball founder
A former congressman of Laguna, Tingzon established the Little League Baseball program in the country in 1964, and later founded the PONY baseball/softball in Asia in 1975.
He also co-founded the World Boys Baseball Federation in 1982.
In 2010, he was inducted to the PONY baseball/softball International Hall of Fame during the PONY Asia-Pacific Summit.
His remains lie at Chapel A of the Heritage Memorial Park in Taguig.
Cremation was on Sunday.
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