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1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics Season
The 1984 Gilbey's Gin Tonics season was the 6th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Transactions Occurrences In early 1984, when the multi-titled popular ballclub Toyota Super Corollas The Toyota Super Corollas were a multi-titled basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 PBA season, 1975 to 1983 PBA season, 1983. Founded in 1973 by businessman and sportsman Dante Silverio, the team - formally na ... started their disbandment procedures. Gilbey's Gin team owner and PBA president Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca apparently had already expressed his desire to enlist the services of Robert "the Big J" Jaworski. Toyota team manager Jack Rodriguez, however, said that all player contracts of the Super Corollas were sold by management to Beer Hausen, including the Big J. In a shocking revelation, league officials, led by PBA commissioner Mariano Yenko and his legal counsel Atty. Rodrigo Salud, bared that Jaworski's contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arturo Valenzona
Arturo "Turo" F. Valenzona (born November 5, 1942), is a former Filipino basketball player and head coach. Valenzona played college ball for the Far Eastern University before eventually playing in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association and later in the Philippine Basketball Association with U/Tex. Coaching career After his playing years, Valenzona coached the FEU Tamaraws to several championships in the UAAP and the Intercollegiate tournament. He gave Solidmills one interclub and one MICAA title, and led APCOR to six straight championships. He was also coach of the RP Youth team in 1978 and 1980. He assisted coach Nic Jorge during the 1978 Bangkok Asian Games. Valenzona was a low-key coach who made very smart decisions on the bench, particularly in clutch situations. In the PBA, Valenzona became head coach of Gilbey's Gin at the start of the 1982 season, replacing Nemie Villegas, he led Gilbey's to three runner-up finishes from 1982-1984. The following year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Ginebra San Miguel Season
The 1985 Ginebra San Miguel season was the 7th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Transactions New team name The new name of the Gilbey's Gin was announced by team manager Adolf Ferrer during the formal turnover ceremonies witnessed by Ginebra playing coach Sonny Jaworski and PBA president Carlos "Honeyboy" Palanca. After two months of negotiations between W & A Gilbey's Ltd. of London and LA Tondeña Inc., Gilbey's International Managing Director John Townsend "finally agreed to sell the team name rights to Ginebra San Miguel." Occurrences Team owner Carlos Palanca offered a role of playing-coach to Robert Jaworski and handle the team beginning the season, replacing their former coach Arturo Valenzona. The Big J brought along his former Toyota teammate Rino Salazar to be his assistant coach and the Ginebra ballclub was a Toyota reincarnation with five former Toyota players with the acquisition of Arnie Tuadles from Great Taste and Ricky Relo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Basketball Association
The Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) is a men's professional basketball league in the Philippines composed of twelve company-branded franchised teams. Founded in 1975, it is the first professional basketball league in Asia and is the second oldest continuously professional basketball league existing in the world after the National Basketball Association, NBA,Bartholomew, Rafe. ''Pacific Rims''. New American Library, 2010, p. 13. established before the "open era" of basketball in 1990 where FIBA allowed longstanding domestic leagues, which mostly had predated the PBA, to become professional. The league's regulations are a hybrid of rules from the NBA and FIBA. The league played its first game at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City on April 9, 1975. Its main office is located along Circumferential Road 5, Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. Avenue (C-5 road), Eastwood City, Bagumbayan, Quezon City. The San Miguel Beermen have the most PBA championships with 28 titles. Entering the 2022 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Jaworski
Robert Vincent Salazar Jaworski Sr. (; born March 8, 1946) is a Filipino former professional basketball player, head coach and politician who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1998 to 2004. He played 23 seasons in the Philippine Basketball Association. He is widely regarded as one of the best and most popular PBA players of all-time. He was named part of the PBA's 40 Greatest Players and was inducted into the PBA Hall of Fame in 2005. Early life and college career Born to an American father of Polish descent, Theodore Vincent Jaworski and a Filipino mother of Ilocano descent, Iluminada Bautista Salazar. Jaworski grew up in the streets of Manila where he was first introduced to basketball, rising to prominence in the collegiate leagues, where in 1964, he played for the University of the East Red Warriors in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP). Jaworski delivered outstanding performances in the 1965 and 1966 UAAP seasons resulting in back-to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Toyota Silver Coronas Season
The 1983 Toyota Silver Coronas season was the ninth and final season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Return to Toyota Super Corollas in the Open Conference. The team would disband in February 1984 and its PBA franchise was sold to the Lucio Tan group of companies. Colors (dark) (light) Summary Toyota defeated Crispa, 86-84, in the main game of the season's first Conference on March 6, the All-Filipino, which was shelved for two years as the Silver Coronas spoiled Tommy Manotoc's debut as coach of the Redmanizers. Toyota had a 4-3 won-loss slate after the one-round eliminations, they didn't win a single match in the short semifinal round and placed fourth behind Great Taste Discoverers. Kevin Porter, an outstanding former Washington Bullet quarterback, was Toyota's import in the Reinforced Filipino Conference. After scoring 50 points in his debut in the 135-141 Toyota loss to Tanduay on May 17, Porter went into a slump before leaving the Silv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Arnaiz
Francis C. Arnaiz (born June 4, 1951) is a Filipino former basketball player. He is best known as a PBA player, playing for Toyota and Ginebra San Miguel from 1975-1986. Early basketball years Arnaiz had a love for sports and was shooting stuffed toys into a basket in early childhood. While studying at La Salle-Bacolod in elementary school, he competed in football and basketball. Football provided the speed and exceptional footwork, skills which would later develop him into an outstanding basketball player. He led his high school, St. Clement's Academy of La Paz, Iloilo City, to the PRISAA basketball championship. In college, he played for Ateneo de Manila which won the 1969 NCAA basketball championship during his rookie year. In 1971, he began playing in the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Association (MICAA), first with the Meralco Reddy Kilowatts in 1971, the U/Tex Weavers in 1972 and the Toyota Comets in 1973. He was a member of the Philippine men's national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Marquez
Joselito Perez Marquez (born Artemio Perez Marquez Jr.; October 7, 1957) better known as Joey Marquez, is a Filipino actor, comedian, politician and former professional basketball player in the Philippine Basketball Association. He was born to the late film director Artemio Marquez, Sr. and Teresita Esguera Perez. His siblings include Via Marquez Hoffman and Melanie Marquez. He was city Mayor of Parañaque, mayor of Parañaque, Philippines from 1995 to 2004, and ran but lost the congressional race in May 2004. Marquez ran again as mayor of Parañaque in the 2010 elections, but lost to the city's incumbent mayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr. He is retired from politics and is focused on his TV and movie projects. He is a contract artist of ABS-CBN Corporation, ABS-CBN and GMA Network. Before embarking on a career as an actor-comedian, Marquez played for Presto Fun Drinks, later known as the Great Taste Coffee Makers, from 1981 to 1983 before moving to Gilbey's Gin Tonics, which would la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Great Taste Discoverers Season
The 1983 Great Taste Discoverers season was the 9th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Return to Great Taste Coffee Makers beginning the Reinforced Filipino Conference. Transactions Summary Three-time MVP Bogs Adornado and the former Houston Rockets draftee and naturalized filipino Ricardo Brown was signed by Great Taste (formerly N-Rich) in a pair of player deals. In their maiden appearance in the All-Filipino Conference, Adornado and Brown combined for identical outputs of 22 points each in helping Great Taste escape with a 93-92 opening day win over San Miguel Beer. The Discoverers finished second behind Crispa in the one-round eliminations. They were denied of a finals berth by Gilbey's and Crispa in the round-robin semifinals among four teams. Last year's best import awardee Norman Black of San Miguel Beermen has moved to Great Taste in the second offing of the season. Black's entry and playing alongside Adornado and Brown has finally she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1983 Winston Kings Season
The 1983 Winston Kings season was the first season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Known as Manhattan Shirtmakers in the All-Filipino Conference and Sunkist Juice Lovers in the Reinforced Conference. Summary The Sanyu Group of Companies, the league's newest member who took over from the defunct U-Tex Wranglers, carried its product line Manhattan Shirts of New York and were called Manhattan Shirtmakers with the Hong Kong-based Manhattan Far East subsidizing the team's training expenses. Its line-up were composed of 10 veterans and two rookies and will be handled by coach Nic Jorge. The team did not qualify in the semifinal round of the All-Filipino Conference, placing seventh in their inaugural tournament. The team was renamed Sunkist Juice Lovers in the Second Conference. Coach Nic Jorge was replaced by former U-Tex import Glenn McDonald, who saw action for two games before resuming to full-time coaching. McDonald he gave his spot to one-time CDCP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toyota Super Corollas
The Toyota Super Corollas were a multi-titled basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) from 1975 PBA season, 1975 to 1983 PBA season, 1983. Founded in 1973 by businessman and sportsman Dante Silverio, the team - formally named Toyota Athletic Club - was owned by Delta Motors Corporation, Delta Motor Corporation (defunct) and played under various names - Komatsu Komets, Toyota Comets, Toyota Silver Tamaraws, Toyota Tamaraws, Toyota Superdiesels, Toyota Super Corollas and Toyota Silver Coronas. In the PBA, it won nine championships, the sixth most in PBA history behind the San Miguel Beermen (24), the Alaska Aces (PBA), Alaska Aces (14), fierce rival Crispa Redmanizers, the Star Hotshots, Purefoods franchise (13) and Barangay Ginebra San Miguel (11). Profile and franchise The team debuted in April 1973 as the Komatsu Limited, Komatsu Komets for the PANAMIN basketball tournament. In June 1973, it joined the Manila Industrial and Commercial Athletic Associat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barangay Ginebra San Miguel Seasons
A barangay (; abbreviated as Brgy. or Bgy.), historically referred to as barrio (abbreviated as Bo.), is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district, or ward. In metropolitan areas, the term often refers to an inner city neighborhood, a suburb, or a suburban neighborhood or even a borough. The word ''barangay'' originated from '' balangay'', a type of boat used by a group of Austronesian peoples when they migrated to the Philippines. Municipalities and cities in the Philippines are politically subdivided into barangays, with the exception of the municipalities of Adams in Ilocos Norte and Kalayaan in Palawan, with each containing a single barangay. Barangays are sometimes informally subdivided into smaller areas called ''purok'' ( en, " zone"), or barangay zones consisting of a cluster of houses for organizational purposes, and ''sitios'', which are territorial enclaves—usually rural—far from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
