STATISTICS & HISTORY
In 1922, 17-year-old Chuck Gillium joined the New Castle Five, a strong amateur team in the northeast region of Pennsylvania. In 1925, Gillium entered Grove City College where he played for three seasons. Gillium’s basketball skills were limited, but at 6’6″ and 220 pounds, he attracted interest from pro teams. He also possessed the ability to palm a basketball, a talent considered quite amazing in the 1920’s. In the fall of 1928, he joined Vic Hansen’s All-Americans and later in the season was signed to play for the Dayton Kellys in the National Professional Basketball League. Over two seasons, he also made two brief appearances in the American Basketball League. Gillium fell ill with tuberculosis and died in August of 1935. He was only 30 years old.
| CHUCK GILLIUM | Height: | 6:06 | Weight: | 220 | College: | Grove City(Pa)’28 | |||||
| Charles Reed Gillium | Born: | May 2,1905 | Died: Aug 10, 1935 | Hometown: | New Castle, Pa. | ||||||
| REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1922-23 | New Castle Five | AAU | 26 | 53 | 29 | 61 | .475 | 135 | 5.2 | ||
| 1923-24 | New Castle Five | AAU | 22 | 80 | 25 | 40 | .625 | 185 | 8.4 | ||
| 1924-25 | New Castle Five | AAU | |||||||||
| 1925-26 | Grove City(Pa) | College | |||||||||
| 1926-27 | Grove City(Pa) | College | |||||||||
| 1927-28 | Grove City(Pa) | College | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Syracuse All-Americans | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Vic Hanson All-Stars | Indep | |||||||||
| 1928-29 | Rochester | ABL | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1929-30 | Syracuse | ABL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2.0 | ||||
| 1929-30 | Dayton | NPBL | 8 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 3.1 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Toledo–Chicago | ABL | 13 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 0.8 | ||||
| 1930-31 | Dayton Kellys | Indep | |||||||||
| Major League Totals | 24 | 13 | 16 | 42 | 1.8 | ||||||
| PLAYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
| Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
| 1929-30 | Dayton | NPBL | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 2.5 | ||||
| Major League Totals | 6 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 2.5 | ||||||