Happy Birthday, Bernard Tanpua ( Sept 28 )

Happy Birthday, Bernard Tanpua

2000 PBA Rookie direct hire 
2001 Commissioner’s Cup champion
Perpetual Help Atlas guard
2-season PBA veteran
Batang Red Bull Energizers draftee

Source : Assorted Magazines (PBA Archives Collections)

BERNARD TANPUA
BORN SEPT. 28, 1977/ ZAMBOANGA CITY/ 190.5 CMS., 86 KGS./ FORWARD
BERNARD earned a reputation as a formidable defender and inside scorer during his days with Perpetual Help College of Rizal in the NCAA, and later in a short but eventful stint with Red Bull in the semi-pro PBL. That's the reason he got the nod when Red Bull searched for the fifth and last player it would elevate to the pro ranks from its amateur ballclub.  6-3, forward He was the fifth, and unlikeliest, player brought up by Red Bull to the pro ranks from its PBL team, but Bernard has yet to make an impact in two sea- sons in the league. His second year in the PBA was no different from his first one, playing in just 17 of the team's 51 games during the season. But the good news is that at 24, the young forward has all the time to prove himself-if not with Red Bull then with another team.