Nationality American Pro career 1957–1963 Weight 104 kg Listed height 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Name Charlie Tyra | Listed weight 230 lb (104 kg) Role Basketball Player Position Center, Power forward College Louisville (1954–1957) Height 2.03 m | |
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Born August 16, 1935Louisville, Kentucky ( 1935-08-16 ) NBA draft 1957, Detroit Pistons (Round: 1 / Pick: 2) | ||
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.
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