1981 St. George Whiskies season

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

1981 St. George Whiskies season
Head coach	Nemie Villegas
Owner(s)	La Tondeña Incorporada
Open Conference results
Record	7–11 (38.9%)
Place	7th
Playoff finish	N/A
Reinforced Filipino results
Record	1–11 (8.3%)
Place	10th
Playoff finish	N/A
St. George Whiskies seasons

Transactions

ADDITIONS
Aurelio Clariño Acquired from Presto during the off-season
Angelito Ladores Acquired from Galleon during the off-season
Eduardo Ducut and Romeo Valenzuela Rookies signed
Alex Clariño Rookie, 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. Tyler played for the visiting Nicholas Stoodley squad from United States that won the Invitational championship last season.

Win–loss record vs opponents

Teams	Win	Loss	1st (Open)	2nd (RAF)
CDCP Road Builders	1	3	1-1	0–2
Crispa Redmanizers	1	2	1-1	0–1
Finance Funders	0	4	0–2	0–2
Presto Fun Drinks	1	2	1-1	0–1
San Miguel Beermen	1	3	0–2	1-1
Tefilin Polyesters	2	1	2-0	0–1
Toyota Super Diesels	0	3	0–2	0–1
U-Tex Wranglers	0	3	0–2	0–1
YCO-Tanduay	2	1	2-0	0–1
Total	8	22	7–11	1–11

Roster

1981 St. George Whiskies roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. # POB Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From F 3 Rivera, Norberto 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) San Sebastian F 6 Valenzuela, Romeo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Letran G 7 Torres, Armando 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FEATI F 8 Jacutin, Marlowe 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Visayas C 10 Ducut, Eduardo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Letran 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) Southwestern-U C 23 Clariño, Aurelio 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Adamson G 24 Generalao, Wilfredo 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Visayas G 30 Garcia, Javier 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Adamson G/F 44 Ladores, Angelito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) JRC C 31 McNeill, Larry (I) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Marquette F/C 32 Tolson, Dean (I) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Arkansas G 22 Tyler, Kenny (I) 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Gonzaga

Head coach Nemie Villegas Assistant coach(es) Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured