30-542: 1986 Reinforced 1986 All-Filipino 1987 Open The Tanduay Rhum Makers (1975–1987) and Tanduay Rhum Masters (1999–2001) were two basketball franchises associated with the same Tanduay Distillers liquor brand that played in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The original franchise, owned by Elizalde & Co., Inc., was a founding member of the PBA. From 1975-1980,
60-581: A PBL-record 18 straight wins in the 1998–1999 Yakult PBL Centennial Cup, but lost in five games to Doctor J Rubbing Alcohol, when the Centennial Rhum Masters blew a 2–0 lead in the best-of-five affair. After the team moved to the PBA, Asia Brewery retained the PBL franchise and was renamed Colt 45 with Renren Ritualo leading the squad. Colt 45 placed fourth in the 1999 PBL Challenge Cup before disbanding. In 1999 , Tanduay made its return to
90-582: A Tanduay player Jaime Taguines becoming the second recipient of the Rookie of the Year honors. In 1978 , Tanduay had their first breakthrough year. After a third and fourth place finishes in the first two conferences of the season, the third conference Invitational championship allows the Esquires to simultaneously field their two imports. Gene Moore and David Payne led the team to score upset victories and enter
120-468: A major backlash in terms of sales as revenues collapsed and put parent company Elizalde & Company Inc. near bankruptcy. Pure Foods Corporation , then a subsidiary of Ayala Corporation , acquired Tanduay's PBA franchise. The franchise would play under the name Purefoods beginning the 1988 PBA season . The Tanduay business enterprise was acquired by the Lucio Tan group of companies . In 1997,
150-506: A revamp of their lineup in 1984, giving up four of its veteran players, Roberto dela Rosa, Victor Sanchez, Alberto Gutierrez and Mike Bilbao to newcomer Beer Hausen. Following the disbandment of the famed Crispa Redmanizers, the Tanduay Rhum Makers had a massive rebuilding, acquiring Crispa stars Abet Guidaben , Freddie Hubalde and Padim Israel , along with Willie Generalao from Gilbey's Gin . However, three weeks after
180-510: A rivalry for basketball supremacy with Toyota – a team spearheaded by Robert Jaworski , Francis Arnaiz , and Ramon Fernandez , stars of the old Meralco franchise. Nothing came close to the Crispa-Toyota Rivalry . The two teams really hated each other and would rather lose to other teams than to each other. It was not uncommon to have games marred by bench clearing brawls. The two teams also had very different personalities with
210-590: A span of nine years. Even more amazing is that the Crispa's roster during the PBA inaugural in 1975 had five future Most Valuable Player awardees . In hindsight, this was not a mere championship team; it was an all-star team. 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,
240-419: The 1984 season as the political and economic turmoil following the assassination of opposition stalwart Senator Ninoy Aquino made it increasingly difficult for companies to finance professional basketball teams. Crispa won the first conference All-Filipino title for a total of 13 franchise titles but played poorly in the remainder of 1984 campaign. On February 1, 1985, PBA Commissioner Mariano Yenko announced
270-741: 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 Mapúa Institute of Technology hotshot Fortunato "Atoy" Co, Jr. and Colegio de San Jose Recoletos standout Abet Guidaben in 1973, and Jose Rizal College ’s Philip Cezar and RP Youth Team players Bernie Fabiosa and Alfredo "Freddie" Hubalde in 1974. In 1974, Crispa began
300-683: 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
330-608: The MICAA and their newly-formed professional team was named Tanduay. With Carlos Loyzaga handling the coaching chores by 1977, replacing Bobby Littaua, Tanduay entered the semifinals for the first time in the 1977 All-Filipino Conference and almost made it to the finals but lost to Mariwasa-Honda Panthers on their last assignment as the Panthers went on to play the Crispa Redmanizers for the championship. The season had
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#1732783509598360-447: The PBA. As part of the agreement, the league allowed six players from Tanduay's PBL lineup to be elevated. Tanduay also acquired Fil-American Earl Sonny Alvarado as the top pick. The records from the original Tanduay franchise (1975-1987) were retained for this franchise. In its first season, Tanduay placed second to Shell in the 1999 PBA All-Filipino Conference but their second stint in the PBA were marred by several controversies such as
390-591: The Philippines' first basketball dynasty, the YCO Painters , during the post- war era. Players who have donned the famous YCO red and white jersey included Carlos Loyzaga , Carlos Badion , Loreto Carbonell , Ed Ocampo , Mariano Tolentino and Kurt Bachmann . Its rivalry with the Ysmael Steel Admirals preceded that of Crispa and Toyota in the PBA. The first Tanduay basketball team
420-625: The Rhum Masters traded their key players Eric Menk (to Barangay Ginebra Kings ), Dondon Hontiveros (to the San Miguel Beermen ) and Jeffrey Cariaso (to the Coca-Cola Tigers ). In alphabetical order. Members of PBA Hall of Fame and PBA 25 Greatest Players are in boldface. 1986 PBA season The 1986 PBA season was the 12th season of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). The muses for
450-738: The Tanduay name resurfaced in the Philippine basketball scene at the Philippine Basketball League under the ownership of Lucio Tan group of companies and managed by son Lucio "Bong" K. Tan, Jr. Prior to using the name "Tanduay Gold Rhum Masters", this team was originally known as Stag Pale Pilseners from 1995-1996, with Marlou Aquino , Bal David and Jason Webb in the lineup. The Rhum Masters won several PBL crowns under coach Alfrancis Chua and players Eric Menk , Jomer Rubi, Chris Cantonjos and Mark Telan . It also held
480-402: 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
510-416: The deportation of alleged "Fil-sham" (bogus Filipino) Alvarado which led to a forfeiture of several Tanduay games during the 2000 season . In the 2001 offseason, Tanduay made soundwaves in the PBA when they signed Danny Ildefonso of corporate rival San Miguel Beermen a whopping 16-year, 98 million peso offersheet. The league though, nullified the said deal since it was believed that the offersheet violated
540-531: The fair haired and fair skinned Toyota players appealing more to the upper crust of Philippine society whereas the Redmanizers were perceived to be the team of the masses. 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
570-625: The finals series against the Toyota Tamaraws. The Esquires lost to defending champion Toyota in four games. Tanduay again produced another Rookie of the Year awardee for the second straight season in Jaime Manansala. The next six seasons would remain unfruitful and title-less campaign for the Tanduay ballclub despite being competitive and a darkhorse team in the early 1980s, signing some top amateur stars like Rey Lazaro, former San Beda Red Lions Frankie Lim and JB Yango. The team had
600-437: The name Tanduay Rhum Masters and was owned by Tanduay Distillers, Inc. (the present owners of the Tanduay liquor business). It first played in the Philippine Basketball League (1997-1999) and joined the PBA (1999-2001). The PBA records of the original Tanduay PBA franchise (1975-1987) were maintained for the second incarnation. Its PBA franchise was sold to FedEx Express in 2002. Businessman Manuel “Manolo” Elizalde formed
630-409: 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
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#1732783509598660-421: The participating teams are as follows: 1985 1985 Crispa Redmanizers 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,
690-402: The players richer than any PBA team's bench players by a few hundred thousand pesos. This was already denied by the management. Realizing its failure to win a championship despite a stellar line-up of Fil-American players and established veterans, Tanduay disbanded after the 2001 season , selling its PBA franchise to FedEx Express for a reported sum of PHP 60-75 million. A firesale ensued as
720-411: The start of the 1985 PBA Reinforced Conference , Guidaben was traded in favor of Ramon Fernandez from Manila Beer . Tanduay's coach at that time, Orly Castelo, was also replaced by former Gilbey's Gin coach Arturo Valenzona . Tanduay finally won the first of three PBA championships beginning in the 1986 First Conference , behind imports Rob Williams and Andre Mckoy. After winning its first title,
750-422: The team brought the championship trophy to the grave of their late owner, Manolo Elizalde, who died a year before. Tanduay won their second straight championship in the 1986 PBA All-Filipino Conference and their third title in the 1987 PBA Open Conference with best import David Thirdkill . A business blackeye occurred in late 1987 when a couple of Tanduay drinkers died allegedly owing to the liquor. This caused
780-487: 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
810-483: The team played under the name Tanduay Distillery ; Tanduay ESQ and Tanduay Esquires ; then as, YCO-Tanduay in 1981-1983. The final name used by the original franchise was the Tanduay Rhum Makers (1983-1987). The original franchise won a total of three PBA championships. In 1988, its PBA franchise was acquired by Pure Foods Corporation and played as Purefoods . The second franchise played under
840-753: The team was owned by P. Floro and Sons, Inc. (defunct). 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. Crispa's garment and textile products were marketed as "Redmanized", "shrunk-to-fit". Crispa won 13 Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) championships in
870-416: The team's salary cap. Bong Tan also made a controversial comment calling the PBA, "a San Miguel league", a reference to a speculation that the PBA is favoring the then-San Miguel Corporation teams San Miguel and Barangay Ginebra. It was also said that Tanduay violated the PBA's salary cap many times by having their players sign a separate contract apart from the required PBA Uniform Player's Contract that made
900-606: Was organized by Elizalde during the early 1960s to compete in a minor league called Businessmen’s Athletic Association (BAA). This farm team of the YCO Painters had a brief existence. In 1975, Elizalde became actively involved in the formation of the Philippine Basketball Association as he joined forces with several MICAA team owners to break away from the Basketball Association of the Philippines stranglehold. The YCO Painters maintained their ballclub in
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