About Charlie Slack
Lived 1931 – 2020 (aged 89). Charlie Slack was an American basketball player.
Charles E. Slack (February 26, 1931 – July 3, 2020) was an American college basketball player from Marshall University. He holds the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I record for the highest single-season rebound average when he grabbed 25.6 rpg in 1954–55.
Considered one of the greatest rebounders in college basketball history, he had his Marshall uniform number (#17) retired in January 2000. Additionally, Slack's effort of 43 rebounds against Charleston (West Virginia) on January 12, 1954, is the second highest single game rebound total in NCAA history behind Bill Chambers' 51. A prodigious rebounder, he also scored 1,551 points during his career. He was, however, an alternate for the 1960 United States men's basketball team at the Olympics. In 2019, he was inducted into the Ohio Basketball Hall of Fame.
Slack died July 3, 2020, at the age of 89.
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Who was Charlie Slack?
American basketball player
When was Charlie Slack born?
Charlie Slack was born on 26 February 1931 in Pomeroy.
When did Charlie Slack die?
Charlie Slack died on 3 July 2020 in Akron, Ohio.
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Charlie Slack was a basketball player.
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Charlie Slack was American.
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