Charles "Chico" Vaughn (February 19, 1940 – October 25, 2013) was an American

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player. At 6'2", he played the

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position. Vaughn is the highest scorer in

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high school boys basketball, tallying 3,358 points during his career at Egyptian High School in

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(1954–1958). He was born in nearby

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, then moved with his family to

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before returning to Tamms at age 7. Vaughn also is the all-time leading scorer for

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, where he scored 2,088 points for the Salukis and had his uniform number (20) retired by the school. He had an unorthodox behind the head release that made his shot difficult to block. After leaving college, Vaughn played five seasons (1962–67) in the

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as a member of the

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and

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. He joined the rival

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in 1967 and played three seasons there as a member of the Pittsburgh/Minnesota Pipers. Vaughn was the fourth leading scorer (19.9 points per game) on the 1967–68 Pipers team which won the 1968 ABA Championship. Vaughn returned to SIU to obtain his college diploma in 1988. He died on October 26, 2013, of cancer at the age of 73.

Career statistics

NBA/ABA

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Regular season

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, 68 , , 19.7 , , .442 , , , , .723 , , 1.9 , , 1.9 , , 8.6 , - , style="text-align:left";, , style="text-align:left;",

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, 19 , , 23.4 , , .375 , , , , .742 , , 2.4 , , 1.9 , , 10.0 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

Detroit Detroit ( , ) is the List of municipalities in Michigan, most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is situated on the bank of the Detroit River across from Windsor, Ontario. It had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 United State ...

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, 51 , , 13.3 , , .376 , , , , .676 , , 1.3 , , 1.5 , , 4.3 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;", † , style="text-align:left;",

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(ABA) , 69 , , 33.3 , , .355 , , .277 , , .769 , , 2.4 , , 1.6 , , 17.8 , - , style="text-align:left;", , style="text-align:left;",

(ABA) , 21 , , 19.1 , , .367 , , .293 , , .686 , , 1.3 , , 1.0 , , 9.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career (NBA) , 327 , , 21.6 , , .415 , , , , .728 , , 2.2 , , 2.3 , , 8.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career (ABA) , 164 , , 33.9 , , .368 , , .301 , , .747 , , 3.0 , , 1.7 , , 17.7 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career (overall) , 491 , , 25.7 , , .392 , , .301 , , .738 , , 2.5 , , 2.1 , , 11.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", All-Star (ABA) , 1 , , 4.0 , , 1.000 , , 1.000 , , – , , .0 , , .0 , , 6.0

Playoffs

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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

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1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

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, 4 , , 18.8 , , .310 , , , , .875 , , 1.5 , , 2.5 , , 6.3 , - , style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;",

1968 Events January–February * January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously. * January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...

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(ABA) , 15 , , 38.4 , , .352 , , .258 , , .795 , , 3.5 , , 2.9 , , 17.7 , - , style="text-align:left;",

1969 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1969th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 969th year of the 2nd millennium, the 69th year of the 20th century, and the ...

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(ABA) , 5 , , 11.4 , , .297 , , .286 , , .857 , , 1.2 , , .2 , , 6.8 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career (NBA) , 27 , , 23.4 , , .434 , , , , .721 , , 2.3 , , 2.3 , , 8.9 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career (ABA) , 20 , , 31.7 , , .345 , , .263 , , .800 , , 3.0 , , 2.3 , , 15.0 , - class="sortbottom" , style="text-align:center;" colspan="2", Career (overall) , 47 , , 26.9 , , .383 , , .263 , , .767 , , 2.6 , , 2.3 , , 11.5

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1940 births 2013 deaths ABA All-Stars American men's basketball players Basketball players from Portland, Oregon Detroit Pistons players Minnesota Pipers players Pittsburgh Pipers players Point guards San Diego Rockets expansion draft picks Shooting guards Southern Illinois Salukis men's basketball players St. Louis Hawks draft picks St. Louis Hawks players {{1940s-US-basketball-bio-stub