1979 Royal Tru-Orange season

1979 Royal Tru-Orange season
Head coachEdgardo Ocampo
Owner(s)San Miguel Corporation
All Filipino Conference results
Record6–10
(37.5%)
PlaceN/A
Playoff finishN/A
Open Conference results
Record21–5
(80.8%)
Place1st
Playoff finishChampions
Invitational Conference results
Record1–4
(20%)
Place6th
Playoff finishN/A
Royal Tru-Orange seasons

The 1979 Royal Tru-Orange season was the 5th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

Transactions

ADDITIONS
Ramon Dizon, Danilo Salvador & Evalson Valencia Rookies signed

Championship

In the Second (Open) Conference, the Orangemen signed 6-7 Larry Pounds, a fifth-round draftee of the Golden State Warriors in 1975, and 6-11 Otto Moore, a veteran of NBA wars for nine seasons, as their imports. Royal emerge on top of the standings after the two-round eliminations with 13 wins and 3 losses and made it to the championship round by posting a 5-1 won-loss slate in the semifinals. On October 23, RTO defeated Crispa, 110–102, to reach the PBA finals for the first time in franchise history. [1]

On November 6, Royal Tru-Orange won their first PBA crown by defeating the Toyota Tamaraws, 102–101, rookie Ramon Dizon was the spark that ignited veterans on the team (Photographed here) Game 4 of the title playoffs for a 3–1 series victory. The Orangemen took the first two games, 104–99 and 100–95, the Tamaraws avoided a sweep by winning the third game, 99–98.

Royal Tru-Orange joins U/Tex Wranglers as the only other ballclub not named Crispa or Toyota, to have won a PBA title in the 1970s as RTO mentor and former olympian Edgardo Ocampo won his first championship as a head coach.[2]

Roster

1979 Royal Tru-Orange roster
Players Coaches
Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 2 Maximino Baguio 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Cebu Tech
G 4 Paulino Velasco 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Visayas
F/C 5 Jesus Migalbin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) San Agustin
F 6 Ricardo dela Peña 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
G 7 Antonio Torrente 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
G 8 Ramon Dizon 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) PSBA
F 12 Marlowe Jacutin 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas
F 13 Teodulfo Gregorio 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 14 Yoyong Martirez 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Southwestern-U
F/C 15 Rodolfo Lalota 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Mapúa
G 16 Leonardo Paguntalan 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute
F 17 Evalson Valencia 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Western Institute
G Danilo Salvador 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) San Sebastian
F/C Marte Samson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Ateneo
F 25 Larry Pounds (I) 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Washington
C 34 Otto Moore (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Texas
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
    Legend
    • (C) Team captain
    • (I) Import
    • Injured

    References

    1. ^ "When the San Miguel franchise won its first PBA title". rivalrynetwork.com.
    2. ^ "A drink down memory lane". San Miguel Brewery Inc.
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