Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Inductee

JOE DEAN
High-Scoring Guard and Sports Broadcaster

HIGH SCHOOL:
New Albany (1948)

COLLEGE:
Louisiana State (1952)

A 2-yr starter at New Albany High School ... captain his senior year ... leading scorer that season, with team reaching semistate ... all-sectional, all-regional, all-semistate ... all conference, and 3rd team All-State ... 3-time all-Southeastern Conference performer at Louisiana State University ... twice Tigers' leading scorer ... captain in senior year, gaining All-American mention ... played in college all-star game ... member of LSU Athletic Hall of Fame ... 4 seasons with Phillips 66 Oilers, captaining squad 2 years …became teams highest scoring guard in its history. He was an alternate on the '56 Olympic team. He later worked as a color analyst for college basketball games with Turner Broadcasting.