Crispa Redmanizers

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Crispa Redmanizers
Founded	1956
Dissolved	1984
History	Crispa Redmanizers (1956-1977, 1979, 1980-1984) Crispa Denims (1976) Crispa 400 (1978) Walk Tall Jeansmakers (1979-1980)
Team colors	Forest Green, Gold, White
Head coach	Baby Dalupan Tommy Manotoc Narciso Bernardo
Ownership	P. Floro and Sons, Inc.
Championships	Philippine Basketball Association (13): * 1975 All-Philippine * 1976 First Conference * 1976 Second Conference * 1976 All-Philippine * 1977 All-Filipino * 1977 Open * 1979 All-Filipino * 1980 All-Filipino * 1981 Reinforced * 1983 All-Filipino * 1983 Reinforced Filipino * 1983 Open * 1984 First All-Filipino
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The Crispa Redmanizers were a multi-titled Filipino basketball team that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 to 1984. It was one of the nine founding teams of the PBA, winning a total of thirteen PBA championships, including two grand slams. Founded in 1956 by businessman Valeriano "Danny" Floro, the team was owned by P. Floro and Sons, Inc. (defunct).

Profile and history

Named after the retail store and textile manufacturing company owned by the Floro family, the Redmanizers were managed by sportsman Danny Floro and coached for many years by the legendary Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan.

The Redmanizer moniker was a reference to the Redmanization process used in Crispa's textile manufacturing to make the cloth dimensionally stable and more resilient to unwanted shrinking after washing.^[1] Crispa's garment and textile products were marketed as "Redmanized", "shrunk-to-fit".^{[citation needed]}

Crispa won 13 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) championships in a span of nine years. Even more amazing is that the Crispa's roster during the PBA inaugural in 1975 had five future

Crispa's beginnings were rooted in 1956 in the Businessman Athletic Association (BAA), a minor league. In 1958, it transferred to the now-defunct Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA). In 1971, the team composed of Reynaldo Alcantara, Rudolph Kutch, Ernesto de Leon, Rodolfo Soriano, Danilo Florencio, Johnny Revilla, Adriano Papa, Jr., William "Bogs" Adornado, Virgilio Abarrientos, Danilo Pecache, Domingo Celis, Jr. and Rey Franco lost to the Meralco Reddy Kilowatts in the MICAA championships.

In 1973, authorities discovered that six of the team's players had conspired with gamblers to drop the 1972 MICAA All-Filipino championship series against underdog Mariwasa. These six players, including four of the five starters (only Adornado was found innocent among the starting five), were served lifetime suspensions. With its lineup depleted, manager Valeriano "Danny" Floro and coach Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan were forced to rebuild. They opted to go with younger players, bringing in

Toyota won the first two PBA conferences in 1975, beating Crispa both times. Crispa finally sneaked in and clinched the Third Conference in a battle so fierce it got marred by a free-for-all. Once the Redmanizers got a taste of the championship, however, they simply did not let go. They won all three conferences in 1976, being the first PBA team to win a "grand slam". They won another two championships in 1977, despite the loss of leading scorer and reigning MVP Adornado to a knee injury at the start of the year.

From 1978 to 1982, however, Crispa went into a title slump. They won no championships in 1978, only the All-Filipino championships in 1979 to 1981, and were blanked once again in 1982. Three conference championships in five years may be good enough for most teams, but not for the powerful Redmanizers.

The team rectified the situation by dissolving the Floro-Dalupan partnership and bringing in former U/Tex coach and president Ferdinand Marcos' son-in-law Tomas "Tommy" Manotoc to serve as coach. The team also got an infusion of young talent as amateur standouts Arturo "Bay" Cristobal, Elpidio "Yoyoy" Villamin, Padim Israel, and Mon Cruz became the newest Redmanizers. To top it all off, Crispa hired import Billy Ray Bates to augment an already awesome cast. The Redmanizers proceeded to dominate the competition, sweeping all three conference championships in 1983, another grand slam.

Crispa's 1983 grand slam campaign, however, could not prevent the inevitable break-up of the team. Arch-rival Toyota had already disbanded prior to the start of the

• Cesar Baldueza (1956)
• Crispin Aldiosa (1956-1957)
• Valerio "Amang" López (1958-1959)
• Francisco Calilan
  (1960-1961)
• Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan (1962-1982)
• Tommy Manotoc (1983-1984)
• Narciso Bernardo (1984)

Team managers

• Valeriano "Danny" L. Floro
• Ernesto "Ting" L. Floro (1983)

See also

• Crispa 400
• Crispa–Toyota rivalry
• Crispa (clothing brand)

References

External links

• The Crispa [email protected]