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Al Avant
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Hometown: Mount Vernon, IL
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High School Career
Avant successfully led his Mt. Vernon, Illinois high school team - which had won two state championships in the past five years - through the 1954 season.
Jim Brown, a player on the Du Sable team, was quoted in the book Sweet Charlie, Dike, Cazzie, and Bobby Joe: High School Basketball in Illinois as saying, “We didn't think Don Richards and Al Avant would dominate the game.” In the state title game, Avant scored 23 points and Richards added 25 points to help defeat Du Sable, the state's first all-black team to qualify for the state finals, 76-70.
He was named by the Champaign News-Gazette's to their All-State 1st Team and by the Chicago Daily News to their All-State 3rd team.
When Mt. Vernon won the state title, Avant was the only black player on his team.
Marquette Career
Trivia
Served as Chicago State's Athletic Director.
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