Charlie Tyra

Charlie Tyra
Charlie Tyra
No. 14
Power forward / Center
Personal information
Date of birth December 16, 1935(1935-12-16)
Place of birth Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality American
Date of death December 29, 2006(2006-12-29) (aged 71)
Place of death Louisville, Kentucky
High school Atherton
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
College Louisville
NBA Draft 1957 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Pro career 1957–1963
Career history
19571961 New York Knicks
1961–1962 Chicago Packers
1962–1963 Pittsburgh Rens (ABL)
Career highlights and awards
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 (August 13, 1935 – December 29, 2006) was an American basketball player who is best known as the first Louisville Cardinal All-American.

He is still the school's leading all-time rebounder and ranks 11th on the NCAA career rebounds list with 1,617. He was the first and one of four to have their basketball jersey number retired by UofL. He later played five seasons in the National Basketball Association, mainly with the New York Knicks.

Tyra died, aged 71, at the Franciscan Health Care Center in Louisville, Kentucky; he had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure more than two years earlier [1].

See also

  • List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game
  • List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career rebounding leaders

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