Football During his
grade school years, Ocampo became interested in
basketball and
football. He tried joining the school basketball team but did not meet the requirements. Instead, he made it onto the football team. By the age of 17, Ocampo was acclaimed by
sportswriters as "Mr. Football". He was a member of the
Philippine football team that toured Korea and Spain in 1956.
Track and field He was active in
track and field during his school years in events like
shot put (12lbs & 6kg) and
long jump.
Basketball In 1956, Ocampo broke his
clavicle during a football game and was advised by doctors to cease sports for six months. While recuperating, Ocampo decided to join the school's
basketball team. Ocampo officially joined the team during the second round of the 1957 NCAA basketball season. He led the team to back-to-back
NCAA men's basketball championships in 1957 and 1958. Ocampo became the first team captain to be called King Eagle. After graduation in 1959, he joined the
YCO Painters in the
Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association. He was part of the YCO championship teams of the 1960s and remained with the franchise until 1973/1974.
Philippine men's basketball team Ocampo was a regular member of the
Philippines men's national basketball team from 1959 to 1972. He first joined the Philippine team that placed 8th at the
1959 FIBA World Championship held in
Chile and was a member of three Philippine teams that won the
Asian Basketball Confederation championships (
1960,
1963, and
1967). He was also a three-time
Olympian:
1960 (11th place),
1968 (13th place), and
1972 (13th place). Ocampo was mentioned in Jose Ma. Bonifacio Escoda's book,
Basketball History: Philippines, as "one of the finest guards the country has ever produced and a gentleman in and outside the hard court." ==Coaching career==