Nationality American Name Chico Vaughn Positions Basketball positions Pro career 1962–1970 Weight 86 kg | Listed weight 190 lb (86 kg) Height 1.88 m Listed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Role Basketball Player | |
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Born February 19, 1940Portland, Oregon ( 1940-02-19 ) NBA draft 1962 / Round: 4 / Pick: 26th overall Died October 25, 2013, Hodges Park, Illinois, United States College Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball | ||
CLEO "CHICO" VAUGHN
Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame 1
Charles "Chico" Vaughn (February 19, 1940 – October 25, 2013) was an American basketball player. At 6'2", he played the guard position.
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Vaughn is the highest scorer in Illinois high school boys basketball, tallying 3,358 points during his career at Tamms High School in Tamms, Illinois (1954–1958). He was born in nearby Hodges Park, Illinois, then moved with his family to Portland, Oregon before returning to Tamms at age 7.
Vaughn also is the all-time leading scorer for Southern Illinois, where he scored 2,088 points for the Salukis and had his uniform number (20) retired by the school. He had an unorthodox behind the head release that made his shot difficult to block.
After leaving college, Vaughn played five seasons (1962–67) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the St. Louis Hawks and Detroit Pistons. He joined the rival American Basketball Association in 1967 and played three seasons there as a member of the Pittsburgh/Minnesota Pipers. Vaughn was the fourth leading scorer (19.9 points per game) on the 1967–68 Pipers team which won the 1968 ABA Championship.
Vaughn returned to SIU to obtain his college diploma in 1988.
He died on October 26, 2013 of cancer at the age of 73.