1976 Crispa Redmanizers season
| 1976 Crispa Redmanizers season |
| Head coach | Baby Dalupan |
| Owner(s) | P. Floro and Sons, Inc. |
| First Conference results |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | 1 |
| Second Conference results |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | 1 |
| All-Philippine Championship results |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Place | 1st |
| Playoff finish | 1 |
| Crispa Redmanizers seasons |
| 1975 |
1977 |
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The 1976 Crispa Redmanizers season was the second season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Also known as Crispa Denims.
Colors
Crispa-Floro Redmanizers (First and Second Conferences)
(dark)
(light)
Crispa-Floro Denims (All-Philippine Conference)
(dark)
(light)
Notable achievements
- The Crispa Redmanizers became the league's first-ever Grandslam champion by winning all three conferences. [1]
- William "Bogs" Adornado won his second Most Valuable Player (MVP) award.
Summary
On July 11, Crispa won the First Conference of the season, defeating Toyota Comets, 3 games to 1, winning Game 4 of the finals, 101-100, the Comets had a chance to tie the ballgame with the score, 101-99 for Crispa, but Toyota center Ramon Fernandez missed the first of his two charity shots and sink the second for the final count. Toyota took the series opener, 119-115, and then Crispa bounce back with a 117-112 and 121-114 victories in Games 2 and 3. [2]
Reinforced by Cyrus Mann and William "Bill" Bunton in the Second Conference, the Redmanizers repeated over their arch rivals Toyota Tamaraws, which had Byron "Snake" Jones and Howard Smith as their imports. Crispa won the first two games of the series, 95-92 and 98-93, the Tamaraws avoided a sweep by winning Game 3, 108-98. On November 18, Crispa wins their third straight title and their second consecutive in the season with a 103-94 victory over Toyota Tamaraws for another 3-1 series win.
In the All-Philippine championship, Crispa overcame a 0-2 deficit against Toyota, whom they played for the sixth time in the finals, and won the last three games to achieved the league's first Grandslam. The Redmanizers clinch their fourth consecutive crown on December 21, winning 110-92 over Toyota, as Atoy Co scored 39 points in the deciding game of the best-of-five series. [3]
Roster
| ROSTER |
# |
POS |
HT |
| William Adornado |
11 |
Forward |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Cristino Calilan |
23 |
Guard |
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
| David Cezar |
16 |
Guard |
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Philip Cezar |
18 |
Forward |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Fortunato Co, Jr |
6 |
Guard |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Virgilio Dela Cruz |
12 |
Guard-Forward |
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Gregorio Dionisio |
9 |
Guard |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Bernie Fabiosa |
15 |
Guard |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Reynaldo Franco |
19 |
Guard |
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Abet Guidaben |
5 |
Center |
6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Freddie Hubalde |
10 |
Guard-Forward |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Reynaldo Pages |
8 |
Forward |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Rodolfo Soriano |
7 |
Forward |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Tito Varela |
14 |
Guard |
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| William Bunton Import |
33 |
Forward-Center |
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) |
| Cyrus Mann Import |
25 |
Center |
6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) |
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All-Philippine Championship
References
Crispa Redmanizers |
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- Also known as Walk Tall Jeansmakers
- Founded in 1975
- Disbanded in 1984
- Owned by the P. Floro and Sons, Inc.
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| | Championships (13) | |
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| | Runner-up finishes (8) | |
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- 1976 PBA First Conference (Finals)
- 1976 PBA Second Conference (Finals)
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- 1976 PBA All-Philippine Championship (Finals)
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- 1975
- First Conference
- 1991
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- 1977
- All-Philippine Championship
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