Charlie Tyra
Chicago Packers | |
| 1962–1963 | Pittsburgh Rens |
|---|---|
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Career NBA statistics | |
Points | 3,091 (8.9 ppg) |
| Rebounds | 2,567 (7.4 rpg) |
| Assists | 315 (0.9 apg) |
| Stats at NBA.com | |
| Stats at Basketball-Reference.com | |
Charles E. Tyra (
Basketball career
Tyna attended
Tyra was a 1957 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 five to have their basketball jersey number retired by Louisville Cardinals.
Tyra was the No. 2 overall pick of the
On May 16, 1961, Tyra was traded by the New York Knicks with
Overall, Tyra played five seasons in the
Personal
Tyra died, aged 71, at the Franciscan Health Care Center in Louisville, Kentucky on December 29, 2006; he had been diagnosed with congestive heart failure more than two years earlier.[3]
Tyra's son, Vince Tyra, served as athletic director at the University of Louisville from 2018 to 2021. He served as the interim athletic director after the departure of Tom Jurich and was appointed permanently to the position on March 26, 2018, before leaving on December 10, 2021.
Career statistics
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
NBA
Source[2]
Regular season
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957–58 | New York | 68 | 17.4 | .357 | .670 | 7.1 | .5 | 7.4 |
| 1958–59 | New York | 69 | 23.0 | .396 | .679 | 7.0 | .5 | 8.8 |
| 1959–60 | New York | 74 | 27.5 | .426 | .704 | 8.1 | 1.1 | 12.8 |
| 1960–61 | New York | 59 | 23.8 | .362 | .694 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 8.8 |
| 1961–62 | Chicago | 78 | 20.6 | .361 | .621 | 7.8 | 1.1 | 6.7 |
| Career | 348 | 22.4 | .387 | .672 | 7.4 | .9 | 8.9 | |
Playoffs
| Year | Team | GP | MPG | FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | New York | 2 | 27.5 | .429 | .667 | 15.5 | .5 | 15.0 |
See also
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball players with 30 or more rebounds in a game
- List of NCAA Division I men's basketball career rebounding leaders
References
- ^ Vince Tyra (profile) – University of Louisville Athletics (same surname pronunciations for both father and son). Retrieved October 28, 2021
- ^ Basketball Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
- ^ "Louisville's first All-American Tyra passes away at 71". ESPN.com. 31 December 2006.
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