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
1957–1961	New York Knicks
1961–1962	Chicago Packers
1962–1963	Pittsburgh Rens (ABL)
Career highlights and awards
Consensus NCAA All-American First Team (1957)
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

Biography portal

• 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

External links

• ESPN article reporting Tyra's death
• Charlie Tyra at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Tyra, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 16, 1935
Place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky
Date of death	December 29, 2006
Place of death	Louisville, Kentucky