It was his monicker for the longest time. Since then, he would focus on his political career as a legislator and authored and co-authored several laws, including the Clean Air Act and the Solid Waste Management Act. Robert B. JaworskiWest Allis - Passed to Eternal Life, Monday, January 20, 2020, age 93 years. His merciless, vicious determination and drive to winning every game he plays surely emanated from those epic, sometimes violent skirmishes. With the reliable court general who can play all positions and the burly, shifty center at the helm, the renamed Toyota Comets won the 1973 All-Filipino crown against the Concepcion Motorolas.In the year before the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was born, the Crispa-Toyota rivalry began in the MICAA’s All-Filipino conference, with Jaworski and the glamour squad consisting of Reynoso, Francis Arnaiz, Ramon Fernandez, Orly Bauzon, and the late Fort Acuna faced the newly formed Redmanizers, which was depleted after most of its 1973 line-up were given lifetime suspensions for game-fixing. It was during one of those matches against Crispa that Jaworski revealed his “dark side.”After referee Joe Obias assessed an offensive foul against teammate Alberto “Big Boy” Reynoso and the furious Meralco center chased the official in anger over the “questionable” call, Jaworski struck a running Obias in front of the Meralco bench before he and Reynoso ganged up on him. Robert Jaworski: The “never say die” living legend Gerry Plaza on Jun 17, 2020 07:34 AM. Jaworski and Reynoso’s inclusion in the 1973 Philippine national team was a blessing as they copped the ABC Men’s Championships in Manila.After that victory, Jaworski and Reynoso were back in the commercial league and enlisted by the Komatsu Komets for the 1973 Open Conference. A free-for-all ensued and as cooler heads intervened, Jaworski and Reynoso were ejected and the game was stalled. But that was a historic finish to a glorious 33-year basketball career and made him the oldest professional basketball player in the world at 50.Jaworski then ran for the Senate in 1998 and won. But Toti and Dodot would become party mates in 2006. He played for the Ginebra San Miguel from 1995 to 1998 being only the father-and-son tandem of Philippine basketball. Not because of his sturdy, Polish-American roots, but by witnessing how he gives his whole heart into even just a pick-up game with street buddies.Indeed, his skills were honed in those tough neighborhood battles in dilapidated, makeshift courts. The MICAA suspended the duo for the remainder of the year, and the ruling Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) meted Jaworski and Reynoso lifetime bans.But even if that painful ban was imposed, basketball officials and the public were in agreement that if the ban continued, Jaworski’s incredible on-court talent will go to waste and could not help the country’s campaigns in international competitions, especially the 1973 ABC Men’s Basketball Championships that was held at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, wherein it would seek to reclaim the title it last won in 1967, courtesy of the Jaworski-led contingent. Together, they transformed the Gin Tonics into the most popular basketball team in history—Ginebra San Miguel.Jaworski took over the coaching duties in 1985 from Turo Valenzona, and became the first local playing coach in the league for the franchise’s new PBA team named after its masa-identified product, Ginebra San Miguel. And truly, Robert Jaworski, lived by it.From the time he first walked into a barangay basketball court in San Andres, Manila as a kid, everyone knew he’ll truly make it big. Indeed the team’s character mirrored Jaworski’s own as it faced formidable opponents and Barangay Ginebra would always scream and chant Jaworski’s name and the team’s brand name as they take a sizeable lead or make a come-from-behind spurt even if it was thought to be a lost cause and eventually win.And ecstasy, indeed, when Ginebra first won its championship in the 1986 Open Conference with the legendary Billy Ray Bates and 100-point producer Michael Hackett supporting them.Jaworski would then lead the franchise, which was renamed to Anejo Rhum and Gordon’s Gin, to three more PBA championships before resigning as coach due to disputes with the new franchise owner, San Miguel Corp., and virtually retiring from the league and basketball to focus on other pursuits, such as politics.Jaworski was particularly furious at San Miguel’s appointment of Allan Caidic as playing assistant coach without his knowledge that led to his quitting as head coach. In 1998, he served as Chief of Staff at the office of Senator Jaworski for 6 years, prior to his being elected as Congressman for the lone district of Pasig City in 2004.