(1935-08-16)August 16, 1935 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Died
December 29, 2006(2006-12-29) (aged 71) Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight
230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school
Atherton (Louisville, Kentucky)
College
Louisville (1953–1957)
NBA draft
1957: 1st round, 2nd overall pick
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career
1957–1963
Position
Power forward / center
Number
14
Career history
1957–1961
New York Knicks
1961–1962
Chicago Packers
1962–1963
Pittsburgh Rens
Career highlights and awards
Consensus first-team All-American (1957)
No. 8 retired by Louisville Cardinals
Career NBA statistics
Points
3,091 (8.9 ppg)
Rebounds
2,567 (7.4 rpg)
Assists
315 (0.9 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Charles E. Tyra (/ˈtaɪreɪ/Tie-RAY;[1] August 16, 1935 – December 29, 2006) was an American basketball player who is best known as the first Louisville Cardinal All-American. He played five seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the New York Knicks and Chicago Packers.
^Vince Tyra (profile) – University of Louisville Athletics (same surname pronunciations for both father and son). Retrieved October 28, 2021
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scandal. Tyra is currently Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions at Houchens Industries. Tyra's father, CharlieTyra, played...
acquired the Detroit Pistons' first-round pick, which was used to select CharlieTyra, along with Mel Hutchins from the Pistons in exchange for Dick Atha,...
queen and reality television personality who performed under the stage name Tyra Sanchez. A frequent drag impersonator of pop star Beyoncé, Ross is best known...
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Pistons with Richard Atha and Nathaniel Clifton for Mel Hutchins and CharlieTyra on April 3, 1957. He played only one season for the Pistons before retiring...
head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley, 1978–81 CharlieTyra (University of Louisville 1955), basketball player with the American...
in 2010 and was demolished.[citation needed] Phil Rollins (1961–1963) CharlieTyra (1962–1963) "History of the American Basketball League". www.apbr.org...
Premier League (listed in chronological order) Bob Lochmueller (1949–52) CharlieTyra (1954–57) Don Goldstein (1956–59) – All-American, Pan American Games...
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NAIB Championship in 1948. In 1956, his team headed by All American CharlieTyra won the NIT Championship. In 1956 his team was placed on two years probation...
first notable role was as Alicia Rivera in the film The Clique, produced by Tyra Banks, and costarring Bridgit Mendler. In 2009, she appeared in The Perfect...
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