Charlie Tyra

Charlie Tyra
Personal information
Born (1935-08-16)August 16, 1935
Louisville, Kentucky
Died December 29, 2006(2006-12-29) (aged 71)
Louisville, Kentucky
Nationality American
Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg)
Career information
High school Atherton (Louisville, Kentucky)
College Louisville (1954–1957)
NBA draft 1957 / Round: 1 / Pick: 2nd overall
Selected by the Detroit Pistons
Playing career 1957–1963
Position Power forward / Center
Number 14
Career history
19571961 New York Knicks
1961–1962 Chicago Packers
1962–1963 Pittsburgh Rens
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 Basketball-Reference.com

Charles E. Tyra (August 16, 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]

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