Al Leslie

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Al Leslie

| image = Al Leslie (cropped).jpg

| image_size =

| caption = Leslie with the Rochester Zeniths in 1981

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|3|14}}

| 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_number =

| 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.{{cite web |title=Albert V. Leslie |url=https://bucknellbison.com/sports/HallofFame/roster/albert-v-leslie/4192 |website=Bucknell University |accessdate=25 February 2020}}{{efn|Leslie ranks second as he was surpassed by Mike Muscala during the 2012–13 season.}} 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.{{cite web |title=2019-20 Bucknell Men's Basketball Media Guide |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/bucknellbison.com/documents/2019/11/3/MBBMG1920.pdf |website=Bucknell University |accessdate=25 February 2020 |date=2019 |archive-date=18 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200518070917/https://s3.amazonaws.com/bucknellbison.com/documents/2019/11/3/MBBMG1920.pdf |url-status=dead }}

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).{{cite web |last1=Glenesk |first1=Matthew |title=NBA draft: A history of Pacers' second round hits, misses |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/nba/pacers/2014/06/26/nba-draft-indiana-pacers-a-second-round-history/11381661/ |website=Indy Star |accessdate=25 February 2020 |date=26 June 2014}} Leslie played for the Rochester Zeniths in the Continental Basketball Association (CBA) from 1981 to 1983.{{cite web |title=Al Leslie |url=http://www.nasljerseys.com/EBA/Players/L/Leslie.Al.htm |website=NASL Jerseys |accessdate=25 February 2020}}

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.{{cite web |last1=Rasmussen |first1=Frederick N. |title=Paul E. Smith, basketball coach |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/obituaries/bs-md-ob-paul-smith-20120906-story.html |website=The Baltimore Sun |access-date=November 21, 2023 |date=September 6, 2012}}