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Allan Bristow, a scrappy forward who paced the Hokies to the
National Invitation Tournament championship in 1973, became
the fourth Virginia Tech basketball player to have his jersey
retired. Bristow scored in double figures during every game of
his Tech career and still holds the Hokies’ single-game scoring
mark of 52 points. He finished as Tech’s all-time scoring leader
in 1973 with 1,804 points and still stands seventh on the
list. He holds Tech records for career scoring average, most
points in a game, consecutive double-figure scoring games
and most field goals in a game. After 10 years as a player in
the NBA, Bristow went into coaching, including a stint as the
head coach of the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. His jersey was
retired on Oct. 17, 1998, at the Temple homecoming football
game, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1973 NIT
team. After returning to the Hornets’ organization as the team’s
assistant general manager, Bristow was promoted to general
manager, before retiring in September 2005.
Bristow admires the locker room tribute to his Tech
playing career in the Bill Foster Basketball Suite
Bristow and John Shumate of Notre Dame battle for a loose ball in the 1973 NIT
Championship game in Madison Square Garden.
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