| Allie Paine | |
| Position: | Guard |
| Number: | 20 |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 165 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Birth Date: | 22 July 1919 |
| Death Place: | Norman, Oklahoma |
| College: | Oklahoma (1940–1944, 1946–1947) |
| Years1: | 1947–1948 |
| Team1: | Oklahoma City Drillers |
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Alva Leon Paine (July 22, 1919 – March 21, 2008) was an American college basketball standout at the University of Oklahoma, who was named a consensus first-team All-American in 1944.[1] In high school, Paine earned varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball, and he earned a scholarship to play for the Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team.[1] He played for four seasons: 1941, 1943, 1944, and 1947.[2] He had spent two years in the United States Army before finishing his college career.[1]
Paine, a guard, guided the Sooners to two Big Six Conference titles in 1944 and 1947.[2] As a junior he led the conference in scoring and was named both a First Team All-Conference and consensus First Team All-American selection.[2] In his final season of 1946–47, he helped Oklahoma reach the national championship game in the 1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The Sooners lost, however, to the Holy Cross Crusaders 58–47. Paine graduated from Oklahoma with bachelor degrees in business and education.[1]
After college, he played for the only season in the Professional Basketball League of America's existence as a member of the Oklahoma City Drillers.[3] He appeared in five games and scored 17 points.[3] In 1953, Paine moved to Enid, Oklahoma with his wife and became the basketball and baseball coach at Phillips University.[1] Two years later, he started working with Robert R. Nigh and ultimately became the president of Robert R. Nigh Associates for 35 years.[1] Paine was very involved in church and community life. Throughout his years he served on the Enid Public Schools Board of Education, was a Boy Scouts of America troop leader, Little League baseball coach, member and president of American Business Club, and volunteered at soup kitchens with his church.[1]
At the time of his death in March 2008, Paine was survived by his two children, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren (his wife had died in 1998).[1]