1980 Galleon Shippers season

The 1980 Galleon Shippers season was the maiden season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).

1980 Galleon Shippers season
Head coach	Nic Jorge
Open Conference results
Record	10–8 (55.6%)
Place	5th
Playoff finish	N/A
Invitational Championship results
Record	0–0
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
All-Filipino Conference results
Record	6–6 (50%)
Place	N/A
Playoff finish	N/A
Galleon Shippers seasons

Colors

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New team

Galleon Shipping Corporation, a company owned by Rodolfo Cuenca, acquired the franchise of the disbanded Filmanbank. The franchise debuted in the 1980 PBA season as the Galleon Shippers. The core team was built around former Filmanbank players that included skipper Rudolf Kutch, Larry Mumar, Romulo Palijo, Nilo Cruz, Angelito Ladores and Ben Ocariza. It acquired two former U-Tex Wranglers; Anthony Dasalla and Renato Lobo, and a recruit from the amateur ranks, Robinson Obrique. The team was coached by Nic Jorge with assistant Adriano "Bong" Go, a former national youth team trainer.

Galleon's two reinforcements in the Open Conference were Paul McCracken and 6-10 Larry Jackson. After five games, Jackson was replaced by 7-foot center Jeff Wilkins.

Win–loss record vs opponents

Teams	Win	Loss	1st (Open)	3rd (All-Filipino)
Gilbey’s Gin	1	2	1-1	0-1
Great Taste / Presto	3	1	1-1	2-0
Honda	3	1	2-0	1-1
Royal / San Miguel	3	0	2-0	1-0
Tanduay	1	2	1-1	0-1
Tefilin	2	2	1-1	1-1
Toyota Tamaraws	1	2	1-1	0-1
U-Tex Wranglers	2	1	1-1	1-0
Walk Tall / Crispa	0	3	0-2	0-1
Total	16	14	10-8	6-6

Roster

Galleon Shippers roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. G 7 Mumar, Lawrence 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) UST G/F 8 Ladores, Angelito 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) José Rizal F 9 Dasalla, Anthony 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Far Eastern F 10 Lobo, Renato 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Far Eastern F 11 McCracken, Paul (I) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Cal State Northridge F 13 Kutch, Rudolf 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) UE F 16 Palijo, Romulo 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) PSBA G 17 Herrera, Joseph 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Letran F 19 Vargas, Gary 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) PSBA F 27 Cruz, Nilo 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) C 45 Wilkins, Jeff (I) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Illinois State G 14 Obrique, Robinson 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) PSBA G 12 Ocariza, Ben 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Cebu F 18 Tierra, Edmundo 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) UE C 33 Jackson, Larry (I) 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) Washington	Head coach Nic Jorge Assistant coach(es) Bong Go Legend (C) Team captain (I) Import Injured