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Al Tucker
Personal information
Born	February 24, 1943; Dayton, Ohio
Died	May 7, 2001 (aged 58)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Jefferson (Dayton, Ohio)
College	Oklahoma Baptist (1964–1967)
NBA draft	1967: 1st round, 6th overall pick
	Selected by the Seattle SuperSonics
Playing career	1967–1972
Position	Small forward
Number	33, 23, 16, 35, 12
Career history
1967–1969	Seattle SuperSonics
1969	Cincinnati Royals
1969–1970	Chicago Bulls
1970–1971	Baltimore Bullets
1971–1972	The Floridians (ABA)
Career highlights and awards
	NBA All-Rookie First Team (1968);
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points	3,541 (10.1 ppg)
Rebounds	1,740 (4.9 rpg)
Assists	342 (1.0 apg)
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

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Albert Ames^[1] ^[2]^[3] Tucker Jr. (February 24, 1943 – May 7, 2001) was an American professional basketball player. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Tucker is sometimes credited with inventing the alley-oop with his brother Gerald while at Oklahoma Baptist University.^[4]^[5]

Career

A 6'8" forward from Oklahoma Baptist University, Tucker played four seasons (1967–1971) in the National Basketball Association and one season (1971–1972) in the American Basketball Association as a member of the Seattle SuperSonics, Cincinnati Royals, Chicago Bulls, Baltimore Bullets, and The Floridians. He averaged 10.1 points per game in his career and earned NBA All-Rookie Honors at the end of the 1967-68 NBA season.

Tucker is notable as the Seattle SuperSonics' first ever NBA draft pick, selected sixth overall in the 1967 NBA Draft. Tucker was also selected in the 1967 ABA Draft by the Oakland Oaks.

References

^ http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tuckeal01.html
^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22190301
^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22190301
^ Andrieson, David (October 13, 2007), "Sonics ushered Seattle into the big time 40 years ago Saturday", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
^ Posnanski, Joe (6 April 2008). "Get ready for alley-oop game between KU and Memphis". The Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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[1] ttp://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tuckeal01.html

[2] ttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22190301

[3] ttp://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22190301

[andrieson-4] Andrieson, David (October 13, 2007), "Sonics ushered Seattle into the big time 40 years ago Saturday", The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

[posnanski-5] Posnanski, Joe (6 April 2008). "Get ready for alley-oop game between KU and Memphis". The Kansas City Star. Archived from the original on 19 February 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2014.

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-'''Albert Ames<ref>{{cite news
-|url= http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tuckeal01.html</ref> Tucker Jr.''' (February 24, 1943 – May 7, 2001) was an American professional [[basketball]] player.  Born in [[Dayton, Ohio]], Tucker is sometimes credited with inventing the [[Alley oop (basketball)|alley-oop]] with his brother Gerald while at Oklahoma Baptist University.<ref name="andrieson">{{citation | last = Andrieson | first = David | title = Sonics ushered Seattle into the big time 40 years ago Saturday | newspaper=[[The Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date = October 13, 2007 | url=http://www.seattlepi.com/basketball/335376_originals13.html}}</ref><ref name=posnanski>{{cite news|last1=Posnanski|first1=Joe|title=Get ready for alley-oop game between KU and Memphis|url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/564174-p2.html|accessdate=3 June 2014|work=[[The Kansas City Star]]|date=6 April 2008|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219212403/http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/564174-p2.html|archivedate=19 February 2009}}</ref>
 ==Career==

v t e 1967 NBA draft
First round	Jimmy Walker Earl Monroe Clem Haskins Sonny Dove Walt Frazier Al Tucker Pat Riley Tom Workman Mel Daniels Dave Lattin Mal Graham Craig Raymond
Second round	Jimmy Jones Steve Sullivan Byron Beck Randolph Mahaffey Phil Jackson Bob Netolicky Bob Rule

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