Al Leslie Explained

Al Leslie
Birth Date:14 March 1960
Birth Place:Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Height Ft:6
Height In:3
Weight Lbs:185
High School:McDonogh School
(Owings Mills, Maryland)
College:Bucknell (1977–1981)
Draft Year:1981
Draft Round:2
Draft Pick:37
Draft Team:Indiana Pacers
Career Start:1981
Career End:1983
Career Position:Shooting guard
Years1:1981–1983
Team1:Rochester Zeniths
Coach Start:1984
Coach End:1986
Cyears1:1984–1986
Cteam1:Bucknell (assistant)
Highlights:
  • 2× First-team All-ECC (1980, 1981)
  • Second-team All–ECC (1979)
  • No. 22 retired by Bucknell Bison

Albert V. Leslie (born March 14, 1960) is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He played collegiately for the Bucknell Bison, where he is considered the program's "finest basketball player" and held the program's scoring record for 32 years.[1] Leslie still holds team records in field goals made and attempted, while his 45-point performance in a 1980 game against the American Eagles is the highest scoring game by a Bucknell player in the modern era.[2]

Leslie was selected by the Indiana Pacers as the 37th overall pick in the 1981 NBA draft. He was one of the team's final preseason cuts and ultimately never played in the National Basketball Association (NBA).[3] Leslie played for the Rochester Zeniths in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1981 to 1983.[4]

Leslie served as an assistant coach for the Bucknell Bison from 1984 to 1986 while also coaching at his former high school, McDonogh School. He was inducted into the Bucknell Hall of Fame in 1986.

Leslie was working as a General Educational Development (GED) mathematics instructor for Job Corps in Woodstock, Maryland, as of 2012.[5]

Career statistics

College

|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1977–78| style="text-align:left;"| Bucknell| 27 || – || – || .474 || – || .708 || 4.5 || .6 || – || – || 13.6|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1978–79| style="text-align:left;"| Bucknell| 27 || – || – || .447 || – || .761 || 4.6 || 2.0 || – || – || 18.7|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1979–80| style="text-align:left;"| Bucknell| 27 || – || – || .460 || – || .753 || 5.4 || 1.8 || – || – || 20.9|-| style="text-align:left;"| 1980–81| style="text-align:left;"| Bucknell| 28 || – || 34.3 || .446 || – || .826 || 5.0 || 3.0 || 2.1 || .2 || 19.2|- class="sortbottom"| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Career| 109 || – || 34.3 || .455 || – || .768 || 4.9 || 1.9 || 2.1 || .2 || 18.1

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Albert V. Leslie . Bucknell University . 25 February 2020.
  2. Web site: 2019-20 Bucknell Men's Basketball Media Guide . Bucknell University . 25 February 2020 . 2019 . 18 May 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200518070917/https://s3.amazonaws.com/bucknellbison.com/documents/2019/11/3/MBBMG1920.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Glenesk . Matthew . NBA draft: A history of Pacers' second round hits, misses . Indy Star . 25 February 2020 . 26 June 2014.
  4. Web site: Al Leslie . NASL Jerseys . 25 February 2020.
  5. Web site: Rasmussen . Frederick N. . Paul E. Smith, basketball coach . The Baltimore Sun . November 21, 2023 . September 6, 2012.