Loreto Carbonell

Loreto "Bonnie" Dilema Carbonell (1933 – 23 September 2017) was a Filipino basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

[1] Sometime during his early years, Father Richard Cronin, a Jesuit priest from the Ateneo de Davao University taught Carbonell the behind the back dribble technique.

He helped the team win the bronze medal at the 1954 FIBA World Championship[3] and was also part of the Leo Prieto-coached squad that participated at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

[2] He failed to make it to the national team which competed 1960 Summer Olympics due to contracting sinusitis during the tryouts.

The Carbonell-coached Beer Hausen Brewmasters had a runner up finish in the 1984 PBA Second All-Filipino Conference losing to Great Taste in the finals.