Albert T. Sanders III (January 1, 1950 – May 4, 1994) was an American basketball player who played briefly in the original

American Basketball Association The American Basketball Association (ABA) was a major men's professional basketball league from 1967 to 1976. The ABA ceased to exist with the ABA–NBA merger, American Basketball Association–National Basketball Association merger in 1976, ...

(ABA). Born and raised in

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. Located the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana's most populous parish—the equivalent of counties i ...

, Sanders played college basketball at

Louisiana State Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisian ...

and played for

Virginia Squires The Virginia Squires were a basketball team based in Norfolk, Virginia, and playing in several other Virginia cities. They were members of the American Basketball Association from 1970 to 1976. The team originated in 1967 as the Oakland Oaks, a ...

of the ABA. He appeared in 4 games during the 1972–73 season, averaging 2.0

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1950 births 1994 deaths American men's basketball players Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973) draft picks Basketball players from Baton Rouge, Louisiana LSU Tigers men's basketball players Power forwards Virginia Squires players {{1950s-US-basketball-bio-stub