1980 Galleon Shippers season

The 1980 Galleon Shippers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1980 Galleon Shippers season
Head coachNic Jorge
Open Conference results
Record10–8
(55.6%)
Place5th
Playoff finishN/A
Invitational Championship results
Record0–0  
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
All-Filipino Conference results
Record6–6
(50%)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Galleon Shippers seasons
1981 →

Colors

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      (dark)
      (light)

New team

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Galleon Shipping Corporation, a company owned by Rodolfo Cuenca, acquired the franchise of the disbanded Filmanbank. The franchise debuted in the 1980 PBA season as the Galleon Shippers. The core team was built around former Filmanbank players that included skipper Rudolf Kutch, Larry Mumar, Romulo Palijo, Nilo Cruz, Angelito Ladores and Ben Ocariza. It acquired two former U-Tex Wranglers; Anthony Dasalla and Renato Lobo, and a recruit from the amateur ranks, Robinson Obrique. The team was coached by Nic Jorge with assistant Adriano "Bong" Go, a former national youth team trainer. [1]

Galleon's two reinforcements in the Open Conference were Paul McCracken and 6-10 Larry Jackson. After five games, Jackson was replaced by 7-foot center Jeff Wilkins.

Win–loss record vs opponents

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Teams Win Loss 1st (Open) 3rd (All-Filipino)
Gilbey’s Gin 1 2 1-1 0-1
Great Taste / Presto 3 1 1-1 2-0
Honda 3 1 2-0 1-1
Royal / San Miguel 3 0 2-0 1-0
Tanduay 1 2 1-1 0-1
Tefilin 2 2 1-1 1-1
Toyota Tamaraws 1 2 1-1 0-1
U-Tex Wranglers 2 1 1-1 1-0
Walk Tall / Crispa 0 3 0-2 0-1
Total 16 14 10-8 6-6

Roster

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Galleon Shippers roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt.
G 7   Mumar, Lawrence 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST
G/F 8   Ladores, Angelito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) José Rizal
F 9   Dasalla, Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern
F 10   Lobo, Renato 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern
F 11   McCracken, Paul (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Cal State Northridge
F 13   Kutch, Rudolf 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE
F 16   Palijo, Romulo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) PSBA
G 17   Herrera, Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran
F 19   Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA
F 27   Cruz, Nilo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
C 45   Wilkins, Jeff (I) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Illinois State
G 14   Obrique, Robinson 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) PSBA
G 12   Ocariza, Ben 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Cebu
F 18   Tierra, Edmundo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE
C 33   Jackson, Larry (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Washington
Head coach
  •   Nic Jorge
Assistant coach(es)
  •   Bong Go

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

References

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  1. ^ "Galleon's import hurt". People's Journal@Interbasket.net.