1981 St. George Whiskies season

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

1981 St. George Whiskies season
Head coachNemie Villegas
Owner(s)La Tondeña Incorporada
Open Conference results
Record7–11 (38.9%)
Place7th
Playoff finishN/A
Reinforced Filipino results
Record1–11 (8.3%)
Place10th
Playoff finishN/A
St. George Whiskies seasons
← 1980
1982 →

Transactions

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ADDITIONS
Aurelio Clariño Acquired from Presto during the off-season
Angelito Ladores Acquired from Galleon during the off-season
Eduardo Ducut and Romeo Valenzuela Rookies signed
Alex Clariño Rookie, started playing in the 2nd Conference

Imports

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The high-scoring Larry McNeill return for the third straight season with Gilbey's in the Open Conference and 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.

In the Reinforced Filipino Conference, the team signed up Kenny Tyler as their import.[1] Tyler played for the visiting Nicholas Stoodley squad from United States that won the Invitational championship last season.

Win–loss record vs opponents

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Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 2nd (RAF)
CDCP Road Builders 1 3 1-1 0–2
Crispa Redmanizers 1 2 1-1 0–1
Finance Funders 0 4 0–2 0–2
Presto Fun Drinks 1 2 1-1 0–1
San Miguel Beermen 1 3 0–2 1-1
Tefilin Polyesters 2 1 2-0 0–1
Toyota Super Diesels 0 3 0–2 0–1
U-Tex Wranglers 0 3 0–2 0–1
YCO-Tanduay 2 1 2-0 0–1
Total 8 22 7–11 1–11

Roster

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1981 St. George Whiskies roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
F 3   Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian
F 6   Valenzuela, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran
G 7   Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI
F 8   Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
C 10   Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Letran
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) Southwestern-U
C 23   Clariño, Aurelio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson
G 24   Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Visayas
G 30   Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson
G/F 44   Ladores, Angelito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) JRC
C 31   McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette
F/C 32   Tolson, Dean (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Arkansas
G 22   Tyler, Kenny (I) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Gonzaga
Head coach
  •   Nemie Villegas
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (I) Import
  •   Injured

References

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  1. ^ "Statistics of the Imports".