STATISTICS & HISTORY
Charles “Chuck” Share was a star basketball player at Western Hills High School in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a three year starter at Bowling Green College in Ohio and was named an All-American his senor year. Share was chosen by the Boston Celtics as the first pick in the 1950 NBA draft, but he signed instead with the Waterloo entry in the rival Nationial Professional Basketball League. Share entered the NBA the following season with the Fort Wayne Pistons. After two and an half seasons as a backup center for the Pistons, Share landed a starting job with the Milwaukee Hawks after a mid-season trade. Share blossomed with the Hawks into a valuable member of one of the best NBA teams of of the decade. In 1956, the Hawks transferred to St.Louis where they won four consecutive division titles and the 1958 NBA championship.
CHUCK. SHARE | Height: | 6:11 | Weight: | 245 | College: | Bowling Green’50 | |||||
Charles Edward Share | Born: Mar 14, 1927 | Died: Jun 7 , 2012 | Hometown: | Cincinnati, Oh. | |||||||
REGULAR SEASON RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1946-47 | Bowling Green | College | |||||||||
1947-48 | Bowling Green | College | 33 | 142 | 83 | 367 | 11.2 | ||||
1948-49 | Bowling Green | College | 31 | 193 | 135 | 521 | 16.8 | ||||
1949-50 | Bowling Green | College 30 | 204 | 188 | 596 | 19.9 | |||||
1950-51 | Waterloo | NPBL | 19 | 62 | 86 | 128 | .672 | 210 | 11.1 | ||
1951-52 | Fort Wayne | NBA | 63 | 76 | 96 | 155 | .619 | 66 | 248 | 3.9 | |
1952-53 | Fort Wayne | NBA | 67 | 91 | 172 | 234 | .735 | 74 | 354 | 5.3 | |
1953-54 | Fort Wayne–Milwaukee | NBA | 68 | 188 | 188 | 275 | .684 | 80 | 564 | 8.3 | |
1954-55 | Milwaukee | NBA | 69 | 235 | 351 | 492 | .713 | 84 | 821 | 11.9 | |
1955-56 | St.Louis | NBA | 73 | 221 | 346 | 498 | .695 | 131 | 997 | 13.7 | |
1956-57 | St.Louis | NBA | 72 | 216 | 269 | 393 | .684 | 79 | 758 | 10.5 | |
1957-58 | St.Louis | NBA | 72 | 147 | 190 | 293 | .648 | 130 | 622 | 8.6 | |
1958-59 | St.Louis | NBA | 72 | 139 | 184 | .755 | 103 | 433 | 6.0 | ||
1959-60 | St.Louis–Minneapolis | NBA | 41 | 59 | 53 | 80 | .663 | 62 | 171 | 4.2 | |
Major League Totals | 618 | 1636 | 1906 | 2759 | .691 | 5138 | 8.4 | ||||
P:AYOFF RECORD | |||||||||||
Year | Team | League | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | AST | PTS | AVG | |
1951-52 | Fort Wayne | NBA | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 3 | 19 | 9.5 | |
1952-53 | Fort Wayne | NBA | 8 | 11 | 26 | 39 | .667 | 12 | 48 | 6.0 | |
1955-56 | St.Louis | NBA | 8 | 36 | 31 | 48 | .646 | 13 | 103 | 12.9 | |
1956-57 | St.Louis | NBA | 10 | 31 | 30 | 50 | .600 | 6 | 92 | 9.2 | |
1957-58 | St.Louis | NBA | 11 | 24 | 25 | 38 | .658 | 11 | 73 | 6.6 | |
1958-59 | St.Louis | NBA | 6 | 16 | 10 | 14 | .714 | 9 | 26 | 4.3 | |
1959-60 | Minneapolis | NBA | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | .909 | 5 | 22 | 2.0 | |
Major League Totals | 56 | 124 | 135 | 205 | .659 | 59 | 383 | 6.8 | |||
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