REMEMBERING THE CRISPA REDMANIZERS

REMEMBERING THE CRISPA REDMANIZERS
THROUGH THE MAGAZINE COVERS

          If any of you readers doesn’t know who or what are the Crispa Redmanizers. It’s Philippine basketball most colorful team. Players’ names like Alberto “Abet” Guidaben (Number 5), Fortunato “Atoy” Co (6), Rodolfo “Rudy” Soriano (7), Danilo “Danny” Florencio (8), Johnny Revilla (9), Alfredo Hubalde (10), William “Bogs” Adornado (11), Bernard “Bernie” Fabiosa (15), Philip Cesar (18), etc., are legendary in roster of great Filipino cagers.

          I consider myself as one of Crispa Redmanizers biggest fans. I never missed a Crispa game whether on television, radio, or at the actual venues. Well, not unless I’m terribly sick or incredibly busy at school works. I was still in Grade 6 and going to High School when team owner and manager Danny Floro and head coach Baby Dalupan were leading Crispa to the apex of basketball championships one after another in the 1970s and 1980s, from the MICAA to the PBA.

          One can say that the memories are already nostalgic as it has been more than three and a half decades since those exciting days.

          I’ve collected many magazines where the Crispa team or its players are on the covers. Unfortunately, most of the magazines were either ruined by the 2010 Habagat flood or lost during our transfer from one residence to another.

          Here are some of what remains of my magazine collection featuring the Crispa Redmanizer or it’s players on the cover.

The Crispa Redmanizers cage team
on their way to the 1976 PBA Grand Slam,
on the cover of Philippine Panorama (January 11, 1976).

 

Coach Virgilio “Baby” Dalupan (1923-2016)
on the cover of Philippine Panorama (January 23, 1977).

 

The Crispa Redmanizers “Super Six”
(From top left, Abet Guidaben, Freddie Hubalde, Philip Cezar
Atoy Co,
Bogs Adornado and Bernie Fabiosa)
on the cover of TV Times (September 2-8, 1979).



Bernard Fabiosa
on the cover of Sports Weekly (July 24-31,1981)

 

Two Crispa cagers, Arturo “Bay” Cristobal (#8) and Elpidio “Yoyoy” Villamin (#13)
playing against the Russian Youth Team,
on the cover of Sports Weekly (August 14-21, 1981).



William “Bogs” Adornado
on the cover of Sports Weekly (October 16-23, 1981).
 





Crispa’s Abet Guidaben (#5) and Padim Israel (#9) contesting the rebound
against Toyota’s Sonny Jaworski (#7),
in a 1981 Crispa-Toyota encounter,
on the cover of Sport Weekly (October 23-30, 1981).





TO BE CONTINUED....



October 19




 

OCTOBER 19

Mars Ravelo’s Lastikman Komiks Magasin Taon 1 Blg. 4, Oktubre 19, 1995

Tampok sa taklob-pahina ang iginuhit ni Sonny Trinidad na post-Ravelo Lastikman kalaban ang Taong-Ginto (na isinulat ni Ron Mendoza at iginuhit ni Toti Cerda sa pangloob na pahina)

Oktubre 19 sa Kasaysayan ng Pilipinas

          Noong Oktubre 19, 1898, itinatag ng Malolos Republic ang Universidad Cientifica Literaria de Filipinas kung saan si Joaquin Gonzalez ang itinalagang rector.

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Personalities and celebrities born on October 19:

1856 – Mariano Limjap, businessman and member of the Malolos Congress – in Binondo, Manila (d. March 4, 1926).

1886 – Jorge Bacobo, lawyer, educator and considered as the “Father of the Civil Code of the Philippines” – in Gerona, Tarlac (d. July 23, 1965).

1923 – Virgilio “Baby” Dalupan, basketball player, coach known as “The Maestro” and PBA Hall of Famer (2005) – in Manila (d. August 17, 2016).

Virgilio “Baby” Dalupan

on the cover of Philippine Panorama (January 23, 1977).

1935 – Samuel M. Dangwa, lawyer, lawmaker and politician – in Benguet.

1959 – Tani Cantil-Sakauye (birth name Tani Gorre Cantil), Filipino-American jurist (28th Chief Justice of California) – in Sacramento, California.



1981 – Christian Bautista (full name Christian Joseph Morata Bautista), singer, actor, television host and model – in Imus, Cavite.

Christian Bautista
on the cover of Garage (March 2012).

 

1982 – Atom Araullo (full name Alfonso Tomas Pagaduan Araullo), news reporter – in Quezon City.

1985 – Romyreen “RR” Enriquez, dancer, television host and model – in Manila.

RR Enriquez
on the covers of Maxim Philippines (June 2008) and FHM Philippines (June 2009).

1989 – Janine Mari Raymundo Tugonon, licensed pharmacist, fashion model and 2012 Miss Universe First Runner-Up – in Balanga, Bataan.



Janine Tugonon
on the cover of Bannawag (January 21, 2013)





Christina Aguilera on the cover of
Front (October 2001).

Picture Trivia

          Do you know that recording actress Christina Aguilera was the endorser of both rival brands of softrink Coke and Pepsi? Aguilera was a Coca-Cola endorser in 2001, and in 2006, she switched brand and endorsed Pepsi Cola.
 
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