11 Facts About Al Eberhard

1.

Allen Dean Eberhard was born on May 10,1952 and is an American retired professional basketball player.

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Out of rural Springville, Iowa and Springville High School, Al Eberhard was third team All-State in his senior year, graduating in 1970.

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Al Eberhard was twice name as the MVP at the Big Eight Holiday Tournament and earned All Big Eight honors his junior and senior years.

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Al Eberhard was drafted with the 15th pick in the first round of the 1974 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons.

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In total, Al Eberhard played four seasons in the National Basketball Association for the Pistons, averaging 6.8 ppg and 3.5 rpg in 220 career games.

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Al Eberhard has coached basketball at Tulsa and for his alma mater Missouri.

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Al Eberhard would settle in Columbia where he worked for the university in the MU athletic department for the Tiger Scholarship Fund, in the campus development office, and served on board of the university's Thompson Center Foundation for Autism.

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8.

Al Eberhard served as the Executive Director for the Governor's Council for Fitness and Health in Missouri.

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Al Eberhard was inducted into the Iowa High School Basketball Hall of Fame, the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame and in 2003 the university's athletic Hall of Fame.

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Al Eberhard was named to the Missouri All-Century Team in 2006.

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Al Eberhard is the uncle of former Indiana Hoosiers and former Portland Trail Blazers basketball player Cody Zeller, former North Carolina Tar Heels player Tyler Zeller, and former Notre Dame Fighting Irish and former Phoenix Suns player Luke Zeller.