Charlie Scott Basketball News & Bio
| Name: | Charlie Scott | | Hometown: | New York, NY | | High School: | Laurinburg Institute | | Born: | December 15, 1948 (76) | | Height/Weight: | 6-5, 175 | | Position: | G/F | | Notes: | Basketball Hall-of-Fame; 2x NCAA All-American; 3x NBA All-Star; Olympic Gold Medalist | | Related: | Jim Frye | Jim Delany | Ralph Fletcher | Gra Whitehead |
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Dean Smith, Charlie Scott and how they changed more than a game at UNCIn 1966, Chapel Hill was still a town rooted in the Old South, UNC was a rather conservative campus and Dean Smith was no more...
Wed Oct 26, 2016
One on One: Taking a Knee and Remembering Dean Smith and Charlie ScottRoy Williams’ comments reminded old-timers of an earlier time when another UNC basketball coach took unpopular stands on racial matters and supported his black players,...
Mon Oct 24, 2016
Year in review: Dean Smith began civil rights legacy while attending Topeka High
Charlie Scott was the first black athlete placed on scholarship at North Carolina. Dean Smith saw to that when he recruited the future ABA and...
Sat Dec 26, 2015
Charles Scott Joins College Basketball Hall Of Fame
It never occurred to Charlie Scott that he would make history when he accepted a scholarship offer from Dean Smith to play basketball at UNC...
Sun Nov 22, 2015
Friends in High Places
“As soon as you try to describe a close friendship, it loses something.” – Dean Smith (1931-2015) Smith coached the basketball team at the...
Wed Sep 30, 2015