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Chuck Share Center Personal information Date of birth March 14, 1927 Place of birth Akron, Ohio Nationality American High school Western Hills (Cincinnati, Ohio) Listed height 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) Listed weight 235 lb (107 kg) Career information College Bowling Green NBA Draft 1950 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1st overall Selected by the Boston Celtics Pro career 1952–1960 League NBA Career history 1951–1953 Fort Wayne Pistons 1953–1960 Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks 1960 Minneapolis Lakers Career highlights and awards Career NBA statistics Points 4,928 (8.3 ppg) Rebounds 4,986 (8.4 rpg) Assists 809 (1.4 apg) Stats at NBA.com Stats at Basketball-Reference.com Chuck Share (born March 14, 1927 in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He was the first draft pick in NBA history, being selected by the Boston Celtics as the number one pick in 1950. Share never played for the Celtics, and started his career with the Fort Wayne Pistons and played nine years, playing for the Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks/St. Louis Hawks, and the Minneapolis Lakers.
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1950 NBA Draft Territorial pick First round Chuck Share · Don Rehfeldt · Bob Cousy · Dick Schnittker · Larry Foust · Irwin Dambrot · George Yardley · Bob Lavoy · Joe McNamee · Kevin O'Shea · Don LofgranSecond round Chuck Cooper · John Pilch · Ed Dahler · Ed Gayda · Bill Sharman · Wally Osterkorn · Herb Scherer · Jim Riffey · Paul Unruh · George Stanich · Hal Haskins · Gerald CalabreseSt. Louis Hawks 1957–58 NBA Champions 9 Bob Pettit | 11 Jack Coleman | 12 Walt Davis | 13 Chuck Share | 15 Win Wilfong | 16 Cliff Hagan | 17 Med Park | 20 Ed Macauley | 21 Jack McMahon | 22 Slater Martin | Head coach Alex Hannum
Categories:- 1927 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Ohio
- Fort Wayne Pistons players
- Boston Celtics draft picks
- Milwaukee Hawks players
- St. Louis Hawks players
- People from Akron, Ohio
- Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball players
- Minneapolis Lakers players
- Centers (basketball)
- American basketball biography, 1920s birth stubs
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