1981 St. George Whiskies season

The 1981 St. George Whiskies season was the third season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA). Formerly known as Gilbey's Gin in the Open Conference.

1981 St. George Whisky season
Head coach	Nemie Villegas
Owner(s)	La Tondeña Incorporada
Two-Conference results
Record	8–22 (.267)
Place	7th (Open)
Playoff finish	N/A
Place	10th (RAF)
Playoff finish	N/A
St. George Whisky seasons

Transactions

TRANSACTIONS
Aurelio Clariño ^Acquired from Presto during the off-season
Angelito Ladores ^Acquired from Galleon during the off-season
Eduardo Ducut ^Rookie signed
Romeo Valenzuela ^Rookie signed
Alex Clariño ^Rookie signed, started playing in the 2nd Conference

Imports

The high-scoring Larry McNeill return for the third straight season with Gilbey's in the Open Conference and along with Dean Tolson, who was also back when he first played together with McNeill as imports for the La Tondeña ballclub in its maiden year in 1979.

In the Reinforced Filipino Conference, the team signed up Kenny Tyler as their import. [1] Tyler played for the visiting Nicholas Stoodley squad from United States that won the Invitational championship last season.

Elimination round

Open (1st) Conference Team W L GB San Miguel Beermen 14 4 - U-Tex Wranglers 14 4 - Crispa Redmanizers 13 5 1 Toyota Super Diesels 12 6 2 CDCP Road Builders 10 8 4 Tefilin Polyesters 10 8 4 Gilbey's Gin 7 11 7 Finance Funders 5 13 9 Presto Fun Drinks 4 14 10 YCO-Tanduay 1 17 13

Reinforced All-Filipino (2nd) Conference Team W L GB Toyota Super Diesels 7 2 - Crispa Redmanizers 7 2 - U-Tex Wranglers 6 3 1 YCO-Tanduay 5 4 2 Presto Fun Drinks 5 4 2 Tefilin Polyesters 5 4 2 CDCP Road Builders 4 5 3 Finance Funders 3 6 4 San Miguel Beermen 2 7 5 St.George Whisky 1 8 6

  Semifinalist   Qualified in Round of Six

St.George lost all their three outings in the round-robin among four teams that didn't make it in the Round of Six of the second and last conference of the 1981 PBA season.

Open Conference roster

Gilbey's Gin roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 3 Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian College F 6 Valenzuela, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 7 Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI University F 8 Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas C 10 Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Letran College F/C 18 Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE G 19 Tanduyan, Wilfredo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SWU C 23 Clariño, Aurelio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson University G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of Visayas G 30 Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson University C 31 McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette University F/C 32 Tolson, Dean (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) University of Arkansas G/F 44 Ladores, Angelito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Jose Rizal College	Head coach Nemie Villegas Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

Reinforced All-Filipino Conference roster

St.George Whisky roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. F 3 Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian College F 6 Valenzuela, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran College G 7 Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI University F 8 Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) University of Visayas C 10 Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Letran College F/C 15 Clariño, Alex 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Lyceum F/C 18 Del Rosario, Eusebio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE G 19 Tanduyan, Wilfredo 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SWU G 22 Tyler, Kenny (I) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Gonzaga University C 23 Clariño, Aurelio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson University G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) University of Visayas G 30 Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson University G/F 44 Ladores, Angelito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Jose Rizal College	Head coach Nemie Villegas Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured

References

1. "Statistics of the Imports".