1981 St. George Whiskies season

1981 St. George Whisky season
Head coach	Nemie Villegas
Owner(s)	La Tondeña Incorporada
Open Conference results Record 7–11 (.389) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A Reinforced All Filipino results Record 1–11 (.083) Place N/A Playoff finish N/A St. George Whisky seasons 1980 1982

The 1981 St. George Whiskies season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Formerly known as Gilbey's Gin in the Open Conference.

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Eduardo Ducut ^Rookie signed
Alex Clariño ^Rookie signed
Romeo Valenzuela ^Rookie signed
Aurelio Clariño ^Acquired from Presto
Angelito Ladores ^Acquired from Galleon

Summary

Open Conference: The high-scoring Larry McNeill return for the third straight season with Gilbey's, along with Dean Tolson, who was also back when he first played together with McNeill as imports for the La Tondeña ballclub in its maiden year in 1979. Gilbey's Gin beat Yco-Tanduay, 96-95, in their first game ushering the start of the league's seventh season on March 8. ^[1] The Gins landed seventh overall in the team standings, winning seven of their 18 games in the eliminations and failed to advance in the semifinal round.

Reinforced Filipino Conference: Known as St.George Whisky, the team signed up Kenny Tyler as their import, Tyler played for the visiting Nicholas Stoodley squad from United States that won the Invitational championship last season. St.George won only once in the elimination phase against San Miguel Beer, 110-105 on September 19, and dropped all their three matches in the consolation round.

Roster

St.George Whisky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 3 Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian College F 6 Valenzuela, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 7 Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI University F 8 Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas C 10 Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Letran College F/C 15 Clariño, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum F/C 18 Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE G 19 Tanduyan, Wilfredo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SWU C 23 Clariño, Aurelio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson University G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of Visayas G 30 Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson University G/F 44 Ladores, Angelito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Jose Rizal College C 31 McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette University F/C 32 Tolson, Dean (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) University of Arkansas G 22 Tyler, Kenny (I) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Gonzaga University	Head coach Nemie Villegas Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (IN) Inactive (S) Suspended Injured

References

1. Crispa beats Toyota at the start of '81 PBA

External links

• www.pba-online.net