FORMER PBA alternate governor and team manager of the RFM franchise Elmer Yanga died on Wednesday due to a lingering illness.
He was 78.
Known as a genial official with a ready smile to everyone, Yanga was part of four PBA championships won by Swift during the franchise’s 12-year stint in the league starting in 1990 when it entered as an expansion team.
The PBA paid tribute to the former league official by sounding off the final buzzer just before the Philippine Cup game between TNT and Converge on Wednesday at the Philsports Arena.
The RFM official with the salt and pepper hair also served as team manager of the RP-Selecta team which finished fourth during the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea.
Yanga also was a three-time winner of the Danny Floro Executive of the Year by the PBA Press Corps from 1993 to 1995.
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