NCC Originals 1981 - John Copada

The making of a would-be cagestar

The beanpole from Paco, Manila is second to the youngest and the only boy 
In a brood of five of John Ching and Aurea Copada. "It was in Llorente 
(Eastern Samar) where I took fancy to the game. Everybody was playing so 
it wasn't really hard to get interested in basketball. When I left for Manila, 
a neighbor, Totoy Gagan (he used to play for San Beda and Yco) saw something 
siguro sa akin dahil mataas nga ako, so dinala niya ako sa San Beda. 
There I played for the Red Cubs in the NCAA for two years." This year, John 
might yet enroll at PSBA and play with the Jaguars in the MUCAA,

From Sports Weekly Magazine 80s