Victor Allgood (1968) - Southern Miss M-Club Hall of Fame

Victor Allgood

Induction:
1968

   Victor Allgood was a sensational basketball player for Southern Miss during the 1947-48 and 1948-49 seasons and through his outstanding play is still regarded as one of the school's top players in the early years after World War II.
   Allgood was one of the best all around players that the school has ever produced and while not sensational in just one area, was really good at just about everything.
   In fact it was his versatility that made him so valuable to Coach J.D. Stonestreet and Jess Thompson. Both coaches although their styles were different, were able to utilize Allgood and his skills in lots of different ways.
   He was an deceptive dribbler and ball handler, who was outstanding at helping to set up the team's offense and start the team's plays, and when the play ended sometimes with the ball in his hand, he was capable of either shooting or making the shot or making a move to the basket that either resulted in a score or a pass that would lead to one.
   On defense he was one of those players that would chase you all over the court and put so much pressure on you that you didn't want the ball. Although steals weren't kept in those days, there is no doubt that Allgood would have ranked among the team leaders in that category.
   The 1947-48 team would post a 7-9 record and it was a team that got better as the season went along. It was a high scoring team for that era and four times that year they rolled up over 60 points, including a 84-61 win over Keesler Air Force Base.
   Allgood was one of the leaders of that team and ranked among the team leaders in scoring.
   The 1948-49 team struggled as Southern Miss joined the Gulf States Conference. They actually got off to a pretty good start when they won their first two games of the season, but then they lost their next four and never seemed to recover. The team wasn't quite as productive offensively as they were the year before, but Allgood continued to play well as he once again was among the highest scorers on the team.
   When you talk to the players that played with Allgood or the fans that watched him play and they will tell you what an important part of he Southern Miss basketball teams Allgood was. He was the ultimate team player, a player willing to do what ever he could for the team and not interested in anything but team goals.
   His unselfishness and versatility would soon become trademarks of Southern Miss basketball and the foundation that he and his teammates laid in the years after World War II would eventually lead to some of the great teams the school would have in the early 1950s.
    As a great individual player with superb talents, but more importantly as a tremendous team player, Allgood earned his spot in the Southern Miss Sports Hall of Fame.