1975 Crispa Redmanizers season
1975 Crispa Redmanizers season | |
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Head coach | Baby Dalupan |
Owner(s) | P. Floro and Sons, Inc. |
First Conference results | |
Record | 17–10 (63%) |
Place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Finals |
Second Conference results | |
Record | 15–7 (68.2%) |
Place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Finals |
All-Philippine Championship results | |
Record | 6–2 (75%) |
Place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Finals |
Crispa Redmanizers seasons | |
1976 → |
The 1975 Crispa Redmanizers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
Colors
Crispa-Floro Redmanizers
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First Conference
The Crispa-Floro Redmanizers did not start out with a very strong lineup, the team was fielding in such names as Cesar Ijares, Eric Leano, Alex Azurin, Joel Gomez, Reynaldo Vallejo, Jesus Sta. Maria, Reynaldo Pages, Cristino Calilan and Rey Franco. The Redmanizers lost their very first game to Mariwasa-Noritake, 108-131 on April 13. That time, the big names were held in the amateurs as a concession to BAP president Lito Puyat, who said he was taking in the stars to the national team, but due to the inaction of Puyat, Crispa team manager Danny Floro took in his stars to the pro team and some were dropped from the roster.
After three straight defeats, the Crispa Redmanizers beat CFC Presto for their first victory with Atoy Co, Abet Guidaben, Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa, Freddie Hubalde and Rudy Soriano joining the team. On April 27, William "Bogs" Adornado finally had his pro debut by scoring 32 points to lead Crispa past Tanduay, 122-100, at the Loyola Center.
On May 10, the first official Crispa vs Toyota game was played at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Redmanizers won, 139-133. [1]
Championship & Rivalry with Toyota
Crispa advances to the best-of-five title series with Toyota by defeating U-Tex in the first-ever playoff for a finals berth, 121-113 on July 22. The Redmanizers won Game One of the finals series but lost to the Comets in four games.
The two teams met again in the second conference finals and with the Comets leading the series, 2-1, the Redmanizers did not show up for Game Four and forfeited the championship in favor of Toyota when the management's request for a change in choosing referees was denied by PBA Commissioner Leo Prieto.
In the third conference called All-Philippine Championship, the Redmanizers finally won over Toyota Comets in five games for their first-ever PBA crown. The Crispa Redmanizers got the nod of the year end "Seven-Up All-Filipino Sports Award" for the team of the year. [2]
Roster
Roster | # | Position | Height |
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Abet Guidaben | 5 | Center | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
Fortunato Co, Jr | 6 | Guard | 6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m) |
Rodolfo Soriano | 7 | Center-Forward | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Eric Leano Played in 1st Conference | 8 | Guard | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Freddie Hubalde | 10 | Forward | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
William Adornado | 11 | Forward | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
Virgilio Dela Cruz | 12 | Guard | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Bernie Fabiosa | 15 | Guard | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Johnny Revilla Played in 1st Conference | 16 | Guard | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Jesus Sta. Maria | 17 | Forward | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Reynaldo Pages Played in 2nd & 3rd Conference | 16 & 8 | Forward | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
Philip Cezar | 18 | Forward-Center | 6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m) |
Reynaldo Franco | 19 | Guard | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Cristino Calilan | 23 | Guard | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Johnny Burks Import | 24 | Center-Guard | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
Pete Crotty Import | 25 | Center | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
Alex Azurin Released after 3 games | 14 | Forward-Guard | 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m) |
Joel Gomez Released after 4 games | 22 | Guard | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
Cesar Ijares Moved to Tanduay after 5 games | 9 | Forward-Center | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Reynaldo Vallejo Moved to Tanduay after 3 games | 4 | Guard | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
References
External links
- Crispa-Toyota rivalry
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- Also known as Walk Tall Jeansmakers
- Founded in 1975
- Disbanded in 1984
- Owned by the P. Floro and Sons, Inc.
- Franchise
- All-time roster
- 1975 All-Philippine
- 1976 First Conference
- 1976 Second Conference
- 1976 All-Philippine
- 1977 All-Filipino
- 1977 Open
- 1979 All-Filipino
- 1980 All-Filipino
- 1981 Invitational
- 1983 All-Filipino
- 1983 Reinforced Filipino
- 1983 Open
- 1984 First All-Filipino
- 1975 First Conference
- 1975 Open
- 1977 Invitational
- 1978 Open
- 1979 Invitational
- 1981 Open
- 1982 Invitational
- 1984 Invitational
- Crispa–Toyota rivalry
- The Grand Slam seasons (1976 and 1983)
- The Maestro
- The Fortune Cookie
- Mr. Nice Guy
- Tapal King
- Bogs plays point
- Manotoc takes over
- The Pioneer