1975 Crispa Redmanizers season

1975 Crispa Redmanizers season
Head coach	Baby Dalupan
Owner(s)	P. Floro and Sons, Inc.
First Conference results Record 17–10 (.630) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals Second Conference results Record 15–7 (.682) Place 2nd Playoff finish Finals All-Philippine Championship results Record 6–2 (.750) 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
          (dark)
          (light)

First Conference

The Crispa-Floro Redmanizers did not start out with a very strong lineup, 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. At 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, Danny Floro, Crispa team manager took in his stars to the pro team, and some were dropped from the roster. ^[1]

After three straight defeats, the Crispa Redmanizers beat CFC Presto for their first win, with Atoy Co, Abet Guidaben, Philip Cezar, Bernie Fabiosa, Freddie Hubalde and Rudy Soriano joining the team. On April 27, William "Bogs" Adornado finally 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. ^[2]

Championship (rivalry w/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 1 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 in Game 4 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, reinforced by Pete Crotty and Johnny Burks, finally won over Toyota 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. ^[3]

Roster

Roster	#	Position	Height
William Adornado	11	Guard-Forward	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Alex Azurin		Guard-Forward	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Cristino Calilan	23	Guard	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Philip Cezar	18	Forward	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fortunato Co, Jr	6	Guard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Virgilio Dela Cruz	12	Forward	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Bernie Fabiosa	15	Guard	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Rey Franco	19	Guard	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Joel Gomez		Guard	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Abet Guidaben	5	Center	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Freddie Hubalde	10	Guard-Forward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Cesar Ijares ^Moved to Tanduay	9	Forward-Center	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Eric Leano	8	Guard	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Rey Pages	8	Forward	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Johnny Revilla	16	Guard-Forward	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Jesus Sta. Maria	17	Guard	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Rodolfo Soriano	7	Forward	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Reynaldo Vallejo ^Moved to Carrier	4	Guard	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Johnny Burks ^Import	24	Forward	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Pete Crotty ^Import	25	Center	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)

References

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