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Charles D. "Chuck" Hyatt (February 28, 1908 – May 8, 1978) was a well-known collegiate basketball player in the late 1920s.
The Syracuse, New York native played three seasons at University of Pittsburgh under Hall of Fame coach Clifford Carlson (1927–30). An exceptional shooter, Hyatt scored then-outstanding 880 points throughout his college career. He was named an All-American three consecutive times, and additionally Helms Foundation Player of the Year in 1930, when he led the nation in scoring with 12.6 ppg.
After his college career, Hyatt played AAU basketball, and later coached in the Professional Basketball League of America. Hyatt was inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in its inaugural class in 1959, and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in its inaugural class of 2006.
Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year winners 1905: Steinmetz | 1906: Grebenstein | 1907: Kinney | 1908: Keinath | 1909: Schommer | 1910: Page | 1911: Kiendl | 1912: Stangel | 1913: Calder | 1914: Halstead | 1915: Houghton | 1916: Levis | 1917: Woods | 1918: Chandler | 1919: Platou | 1920: Cann | 1921: Williams | 1922: Carney | 1923: Endacott | 1924: Black | 1925: Mueller | 1926: Cobb | 1927: Hanson | 1928: Holt | 1929: J. Thompson | 1930: Hyatt | 1931: Carlton | 1932: Wooden | 1933: Sale | 1934: Bennett | 1935: Edwards | 1936: Moir | 1937: Luisetti | 1938: Luisetti | 1939: Jaworski | 1940: Glamack | 1941: Glamack | 1942: Modzelewski | 1943: Senesky | 1944: Mikan | 1945: Mikan | 1946: Kurland | 1947: Tucker | 1948: Macauley | 1949: Lavelli | 1950: Arizin | 1951: Groat | 1952: Lovellette | 1953: Houbregs | 1954: Gola | 1955: B. Russell | 1956: B. Russell | 1957: Rosenbluth | 1958: Baylor | 1959: Robertson | 1960: Robertson | 1961: Lucas | 1962: Hogue | 1963: Heyman | 1964: Hazzard | 1965: Bradley & Goodrich | 1966: C. Russell | 1967: Alcindor | 1968: Alcindor | 1969: Alcindor | 1970: Maravich & Wicks | 1971: Carr & Wicks | 1972: Walton | 1973: Walton | 1974: D. Thompson | 1975: D. Thompson | 1976: Benson & May | 1977: Johnson | 1978: Givens | 1979: Bird
1928 Helms Foundation NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Victor Holt • Charley Hyatt • Alfred James • Charles Murphy • Bennie Oosterbaan • Sykes Reed • Glen Rose • Joe Schaaf • Ernest Simpson • Cat Thompson
1929 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans Tom Churchill • Vern Corbin • Chuck Hyatt • Charles Murphy • Joe Schaaf • Cat Thompson
1930 NCAA Men's Basketball Consensus All-Americans Chuck Hyatt • Branch McCracken • Charles Murphy • Cat Thompson • Frank Ward • John Wooden
1931 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans Merle Alexander • Paul Burks • Berry Dunham • Chuck Hyatt • Melvin Miller • Frank "Buck" Weaver
1933 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans Paul Burks • Berry Dunham • Chuck Hyatt • Carl Larson • Joe Reiff
1934 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans Bart Carlton • Arthur Hamon • Chuck Hyatt • Ed McGinty • Tom Pickell
1935 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans Bud Browning • Herman Fischer • Joe Fortenberry • Chuck Hyatt • Francis Johnson
1944 Amateur Athletic Union Men's Basketball All-Americans Ed Beisser • Gale Bishop • Shorty Carpenter • Ace Gruenig • George Hamburg • Chuck Hyatt • Bob Marsh • Jimmy McNatt • Fred Pralle • Jules Rivlin
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 1959 Players Coaches Contributors Luther Gulick • Edward J. Hickox • Ralph Morgan • James Naismith • Harold Olsen • Amos Alonzo Stagg • Oswald TowerReferees Teams Categories:- 1908 births
- 1978 deaths
- People from Syracuse, New York
- Pittsburgh Panthers men's basketball players
- Phillips 66ers players
- Professional Basketball League of America coaches
- Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame inductees
- American basketball biography, pre-1910 birth stubs
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