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#20 Ethnicity

He's a 1/4 Filipino. Her Mother, Blesylda Yadao, is of Chinese-Filipino descent while his father is a pure Caucasian American.

[ TOP 10 Fil-Foreigners in PBA ]

#19 Danny's Memorable moment with a Fan

 Danny also has a memorable thing ever done to a fan by walked her down to the aisle because her father couldn't make it to the wedding

#18 Daily Routine

He has daily routine as follows :
Wake Up – usually up by 6:30 am everyday
Sleep time – usually 11pm

#17 Favorite List

In Danny's website he listed all his favorite stuff

1. Favorite subject in school – Science, Psychology
2. Favorite thing to do when not in season – traveling
3. Favorite Snack – Hershey’s Kisses (reminds me of the state championship in Hershey, Pennsylvania)
4. Favorite Pinoy Food – Beef Sinigang, Chicken Adobo
5. Favorite Drink – San Miguel Light
6. Favorite Soundtrack - loves rock music
7. Favorite Movie – Braveheart
8. Favorite Channel – Discovery, ESPN, and CNN
9. Favorite Cartoon – Family Guy
10. Favorite Gadget – iphone, Danny’s a huge tech-junkie
11. Favorite Book Genre – historical fictions
12. Favorite Place - Aside from all the beautiful places in the Philippines, Africa, Egypt (too many to mention)
13. Favorite pair of shoes – Prada Lace-Ups, Yves St. Laurent Patent High-tops, Puma sneakers by Alexander McQueen

#16 First Job as a kid

At 10, he was paid by his sister Sue to wash the dishes; at 12, taking care of the elderly (shoveling coal out of the furnace) and at 15, taking care of special children (he even got a Volunteer of the Year award); he was also a substitute teacher right after college

#15 His TRUE Inspiration

His most inspiration in basketball is his mother who has never seen him play during his adolescent years because she was very sick and was on dialysis for the most part (eventually getting a kidney transplant). While his Dad and his brother are his influence in Basketball.

His  earliest childhood memories were the comforting tune of Lupang Hinirang sang by his mother and the whistling sounds of trains from a distance. Her mother sings this to him to lure him to sleep.













           

#14 Married with PBA founder's grand daughter

He's married with his long-time girlfriend, Rosanne Prieto a the granddaughter of Leo Prieto, a famed Philippine sportsman and PBA founder and commissioner.

#13 Memorable Game as a kid

He has memorable game in his junior days, playing center winning the Carbondale Highschool’s first ever state championship despite being undefeated during the season (they were still 15-point underdog, winning on a buzzer beater) ?

#12 Dynamite Danny - DD

He got his monicker Dynamite Danny because of his ability to make explosive impact in the game specially his undesputed and unpredictable moves in the post. Seigle can hoops with a dunk even in crucial game, his 360 (180) Dunk in the All Star is one of the best dunk in the event.

#10 Junior Dynamite  

He has a great amateur records as junior in high school. Seigle starred for his high school basketball team, leading them to winning 59 consecutive games and a state title. He then joined the Wagner College Seahawks after being recruited by coach Tim Capstraw. Siegle became a two-time Northeast Conference first-team selection for the Seahawks

#9 Wagner Legacy

He's probably one of the greatest athlete yet in his College Team, Wagner. His college career goes to a scoring of 20-plus points in nine of his final ten games, he finished sixth in Wagner's all time scoring list, with 1,652 total points scored, and also in the top ten all-time for field goals, 3-pointers and free throws.

#8 The Seigle Brothers

Andy Seigle is his older brother who came first in the PBA, they both came from the same junior school in Carbondale Area High School. He has healthy relationship with his brother and most of the time when they fight each other in PBA they used to have small talks.

 In an interview, Danny's humbly say  his older brother Andy Seigle is much better than him which and Andy admit he's really  thus Danny got all the best records

#7 Double Danny

 He has a long friendship off and on the court with Danny Ildefenso. Both of them helped to bring out the best of each other. It's safe to say Danny Seigle helped Ildefenso to achieved his 2x MVP and bring out his best career in PBA.

#6 Rookie - MVP in 1999

He almost won the Rookie-MVP in 1999 which Benjie Paras is the current record holder. Paras got all the votes to win and it's gone controversial because on that moment the Fil-Foreigners are getting hot in the eyes of media and as well in the government. However, Paras is deserves the award because he has shown the Locals (Pure-Pinoy) can still compete in PBA even the arrival of big , young and talented Fil-Foreigners.

#5 Had an Almost Career ender Injury

During a pre-Asian Games match against Qatar in 2002, Seigle suffered a torn right Achilles tendon after taking a shot. This prompted him to miss the Asian Games, while failing to appear for the Beermen in the season ending All-Filipino Cup.

Due to the extent of the injury, Seigle missed the entire 2003 season. While there were hints of a possible return during the season, the team kept him on the injured list

#4 The Return of the Dynamite

In Philippine Cup 2006,  Seigle rejuvinated himself as he scores at least 20 points 18 straight times during the conference. With this perforamane, Seigle became a prime contender for the Best Player of the Conference Award and also one of several players vying for the MVP award. Many believed that Seigle's scoring outburst was a sign of his return to form despite his previous injuries which could have minimized his athleticism.

Seigle's performance in the said conference gave him the PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference honors. It was Seigle's second Best Player Award since the 1999 PBA Governors Cup.

#3 Danny the Explorer

In the 2010-2011 season, after playing many successful years for San Miguel Beermen, Seigle was traded to the Air21 Express along with Paul Artadi, Dorian Peña and Dondon Hontiveros. Seigle has declined an offer from Barako Bull for a contract extension as he expressed his desire to explore other options, less than two weeks before the start of the PBA’s 39th season

#2 Bagong Tropa

In 2013-2014 Philippine Cup, The Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters added the All-Star forward Danny Seigle. He made his Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters debut in December 3, 2013 with 13 point and 8 rebounds. January 19, 2014 he made a career high of 21 points as Talk 'n text player versus Brgy Ginebra San Miguel and closes their elimination with lopsided huge win and the 31st local player to reach 8,000 pts in the PBA.

#1 One of the Greatest Player to never won the MVP 

He's one of the greatest player ever play in PBA but unlucky/questionably never won the MVP, others will be like Asaytono, Lastimosa and Aquino.

[ 5 Non-MVP in the 40 Greatest Players ]

He has 5x Finals MVP in just 3years with a 3x straight Finals MVPs from 2000 to 2001.
Unfortunately, all of those big time awards and domination did not let him win the MVP and it's always Danny Ildefonso his partner on court got twice.


One probable reason is, he never gets the majority media votes, most juror gives more favor to pure-locals and also during his dominance, the Government were hot on Fil-Foreigners. However, disregards the politics,  by stats and numbers, by all basketball fans,..  he's diffidently deserves the recognition.