Nationality American Role Basketball Player Career end 1972 Name Al Tucker Career start 1967 | Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Weight 86 kg Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Height 2.03 m | |
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Born February 24, 1943Dayton, Ohio ( 1943-02-24 ) College Oklahoma Baptist (1964–1967) NBA draft 1967 / Round: 1 / Pick: 6th overall Education | ||
Albert Amos 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, Shawnee, Oklahoma.
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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.
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Tucker's father played for the Harlem Globetrotters in 1940.