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....



Crossword Puzzles About Sports

Sports Weekly Magazine Vol. 7 Nos. 385 and 386, October 16-30, 1981
On the cover: Crispa player William “Bogs” Adornado (left)
and a snapshot of a Crispa-Toyota game, with Alberto Guidaben, Arturo Cristobal and Elpidio Villamin of Crispa, and Robert Jaworski of Toyota captured in the photo (right).

Two crossword puzzles about sports.

“Come to me, all who are weary and whose load is heavy; I will give you rest.” – The Gospel According to Matthew 11:28, The Revised English Bible.

May 26



MAY 26

Mr. & Ms. Vol. 22 No. 5, May 26, 1998
On the cover: Daniel Pasia & Mickey Ferriols

Inset: Nicolas Cage

Events that happened on May 26:

1949 – The town of Cavite was declared a city by virtue of Commonwealth Act No. 547.

Personalities and celebrities born on May 26:

1821 – Jose Felipe del Pan, editor of Diario de Manila (d. November 23, 1891).

1859 – Felipe Agoncillo, lawyer, patriot and first Filipino diplomat – in Taal, Batangas (d. September 29, 1941).

1870 – Felipe Salvador, Bulacan revolutionary leader and martyr – in Baliwag, Bulacan (d. April 15, 1912).

1897 - Gugo (real name Emiliano Rivera Alcova), actor and comedian.
1899 – Juan F. Nakpil, foremost architect, Republic Cultural Heritage Awardee (1971) and first National Artist for Architecture (1973) – in Quiapo, Manila (d. May 7, 1986).

1951 – William “Bogs” Adornado, professional basketball player, PBA “Most Valuable Player” (1975), and national team member – in Legaspi City, Alnay.



William “Bog” Adornado
on the cover of Sports Weekly Magazine (October 18, 1981)

 

1987 – Bangs Garcia (real name Valerie Pablo Garcia), actress and model – in Davao City.

Bangs Garcia

on the covers of two FHM Philippines (May 2009 and October 2013)

 



Janis Joplin on the cover of
Newsweek (May 26, 1969).

Picture Trivia

          On her prime, singer-songwriter Janis Joplin (1943-1970) was called “The Queen of Rock and Roll” at “The Queen of Psychedelic Soul.” It’s just so unfortunate that Joplin was among the many great musical artists ruined and killed by drugs. Joplin died of heroin overdose on October 4, 1970.           Do you know that Joplin had a duet with the legendary Tina Turner? It happened in 1969, at the time when Joplin’s career was starting to pick-up, during the Thanksgiving Day concert of the Rolling Stone at the Madison Square Garden.         

 

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