Al Tucker

Albert Ames Tucker (born February 24, 1943 in Dayton, Ohio; died May 2001) was an American professional basketball player.

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 is sometimes credited with inventing the alley-oop with his brother Gearld.citation | last = Posnanski | first = Joe | title = Get ready for alley-oop game between KU and Memphis | newspaper=The Kansas City Star | year=2008 |date = April 6, 2008 | url=http://www.kansascity.com/sports/story/564174-p2.html] citation | last = Andrieson | first = David | title = Sonics ushered Seattle into the big time 40 years ago Saturday | newspaper=The Seattle Post-Intelligencer | year=2007 |date = October 13, 2007 | url=http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/335376_originals13.html]

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* [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/tuckeal01.html Career statistics]
* [http://www.sbcbaptistpress.org/bpnews.asp?ID=10852 Obituary]