Terry Saldana

Terry Saldaña, best remembered for a bruising playing style during a lengthy PBA career that included stints with Toyota and Ginbera, died on Wednesday ...

His other stints were with Alaska and Shell while also suiting up for the Batangas Blades of the defunct MBA in 1999. His last involvement in basketball was an assistant coaching gig with Wang’s Basketball in the PBA D-League in 2018. He made his PBA debut with Toyota in 1982 as a key cornerstone in the Super Corollas’ championships in the Reinforced Filipino and Open conferences.

Former Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) player Antero "Terry" Saldaña has died on Wednesday, his former team Barangay Ginebra San Miguel announced on ...

He began his career with the Toyota Super Corollas. He was so hard to stop around the basket, and I'll remember him for coming back from his gruesome injury. "I remember him well in those Ginebra and Swift days.

MANILA – Terry Saldaña, one of the Philippine Basketball Association's (PBA) most exciting players during the early 80s, passed away at age 64.

He called it a career in 2000 at age 42. His last piece of PBA action was in 2003 when he was called up to join Toyota in the Crispa-Toyota reunion game, a highlight of the All-Star Week that year. He bounced back mightily by becoming the first recipient of the Most Improved Player award in 1983, and he looked to be on his way to becoming one of the PBA's faces of the 80s.

Antero "Terry" Saldana (January 17, 1958-February 1, 2023) passed away due to kidney failure. He was 65.

All in all, he wound up with five PBA championships. He would then play for Ginebra, Alaska, Pop Cola, Shell, Batangas in the MBA, before finishing his career with Red Bull. A product of Letran High School and University of Santo Tomas, Saldana ended up being an ironman in his pro career that lasted for 18 years.