Chuck Darling
- A fictional character named Chuck Darling was in the comedy series Back to You.
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Born | Denison, Iowa, U.S. | March 20, 1930|||||||||||
Died | April 6, 2021 Littleton, Colorado, U.S. | (aged 91)|||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | |||||||||||
Listed weight | 225 lb (102 kg) | |||||||||||
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High school | ||||||||||||
College | Iowa (1949–1952) | |||||||||||
NBA draft | 1952: 1st round, 8th overall pick | |||||||||||
Selected by the Rochester Royals | ||||||||||||
Position | Center | |||||||||||
Number | 27 | |||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
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Stats at Basketball Reference | ||||||||||||
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Charles Frick Darling (March 20, 1930 – April 6, 2021) was an American basketball player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Denison, Iowa, Darling played collegiately at the University of Iowa. He was selected by the Rochester Royals in the first round of the 1952 NBA draft, but chose not to pursue a career in professional basketball. Instead, he was a member of the American basketball team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1956. He was a member of the Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. He died in Littleton, Colorado at the age of 91.[1]
References
External links
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chuck Darling". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- 1930 births
- 2021 deaths
- All-American college men's basketball players
- American men's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players from Iowa
- Centers (basketball)
- Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball players
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
- People from Denison, Iowa
- Phillips 66ers players
- Rochester Royals draft picks
- United States men's national basketball team players
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- American Olympic medalist stubs
- American basketball biography, 1930s birth stubs
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