1975 Crispa Redmanizers season

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1975   Crispa Redmanizers season
Head coach Baby Dalupan
Owner(s)P. Floro and Sons, Inc.
First Conference results
Record17–10
(63%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals
Second Conference results
Record15–7
(68.2%)
Place2nd
Playoff finishFinals
All-Philippine Championship results
Record6–2
(75%)
Place1st
Playoff finishFinals
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The 1975 Crispa Redmanizers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

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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#PositionHeight
Abet Guidaben 5Center6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Fortunato Co, Jr 6Guard6 ft 1.5 in (1.87 m)
Rodolfo Soriano7Center-Forward6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Eric Leano Played in 1st Conference 8Guard5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Freddie Hubalde 10Forward6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
William Adornado 11Forward6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Virgilio Dela Cruz12Guard6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Bernie Fabiosa 15Guard5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Johnny Revilla Played in 1st Conference 16Guard6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jesus Sta. Maria17Forward5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Reynaldo Pages Played in 2nd & 3rd Conference 16 & 8Forward6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Philip Cezar 18Forward-Center6 ft 2.5 in (1.89 m)
Reynaldo Franco19Guard5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Cristino Calilan23Guard5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Johnny Burks Import 24Center-Guard6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Pete Crotty Import 25Center6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Alex Azurin Released after 3 games 14Forward-Guard5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)
Joel Gomez Released after 4 games 22Guard6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Cesar Ijares Moved to Tanduay after 5 games 9Forward-Center6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Reynaldo Vallejo Moved to Tanduay after 3 games 4Guard5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

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References

  1. ↑ Crispa five clouts Toyota, from the archives
  2. ↑ PBA season one: A look back at history, Henry Liao, philippinebasketball.ph
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