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Gold Standard: Collis Temple Jr. and sons leave lasting mark on community

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Collis Temple Jr. was LSU’s first African-American basketball player. Two of his three sons would also suit up for the purple and gold. Collis Temple III played for LSU from 1998 to 2003 and Garrett Temple played from 2005 until 2009. The elder Temple also played for the NBA, during the1974-75 season.

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Gold Standard: Collis Temple Jr. and sons leave lasting mark on community

BATON ROUGE, La. (BR Proud) -- The name 'Collis Temple Jr.' is synonymous with Louisiana State University basketball. Recruited in 1971 by Pete Maravich, Temple Jr. played the majority of his tenure under men's head basketball coach Dale Brown, who took over the program in 1972.Temple Jr. recently expressed a fondness for Brown who was seen encouraging a group of youngsters at the Sports Academy. "I got those kind of pep talks fifty years ago," …

3 years ago·Baton Rouge, United States

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