Allan Pruett

{{short description|American basketball player}}

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| name = Allan Pruett

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1948|6|8}}

| birth_place = Jonesboro, Arkansas, U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|12|6|1948|6|8}}

| death_place = San Antonio, Texas, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

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| high_school = Rector (Rector, Arkansas)

| college =

• Mississippi State (1967–1968)
• Arkansas State (1969–1971)

| draft_year = 1971

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| career_position = Guard

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| highlights =

• Southland Player of the Year (1971)
• First-team All-Southland (1971)
• Second-team All-Southland (1970)

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Allan K. Pruett (June 8, 1948 – December 6, 2008) was an American basketball player.{{cite web |title=Allan Pruett Obituary |url=http://porterloring.tributes.com/obituary/show/Allan-K.-Pruett-84737761 |website=Porter Loring Mortuaries |access-date=May 13, 2021}} He played college basketball for the Mississippi State Bulldogs and Arkansas State Indians.

Born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Pruett was raised in Rector, Arkansas, and attended Rector High School. He scored 2,018 points during his high school career and ranks third in scoring in Arkansas boys high school basketball history.{{cite web |last1=Nelson |first1=Rex |title= Rex Nelson: Bennie Fuller, the 'Wilt Chamberlain of the Deaf,' Needs Helping Hand |url=https://www.sportinglifearkansas.com/wilt-chamberlain-of-the-deaf-bennie-fuller-needs-helping-hand/ |website=Sporting Life Arkansas |access-date=May 13, 2021 |date=June 22, 2013}}

Pruett began his collegiate career with the Mississippi State Bulldogs in 1966.{{cite web |title=Allan K. Pruett |url=https://rhsshof.weebly.com/allan-k-pruett.html |website=Rector High School Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=May 13, 2021}} Pruett transferred to play for the Arkansas State Indians in 1969, where he averaged 17.1 points per game and was named to the second-team All-Southland Conference during his first season. He averaged 19.5 points per game during the 1970–71 season and was selected as the Southland Player of the Year alongside Luke Adams of the Lamar Cardinals.{{cite news |title=Rebounds and Pickups |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/21509468/ |access-date=May 13, 2021 |work=The Courier News |date=March 23, 1971 |page=8}} He was also named as a member of the first-team All-Southland.

Pruett worked as a special education vocational teacher in the San Antonio Independent School District for 18 years. He died on December 6, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas.