Charles E. Smith (basketball)
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Charles Edward Smith IV (born November 29, 1967 in Washington, D.C.) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. A 6'1" guard, he played for the Boston Celtics and the Minnesota Timberwolves during the 1990s, averaging 2.5 points per game for his career.
Smith attended Georgetown University in his hometown of Washington. He was the Big East Men's Basketball Player of the Year in 1989.
Smith also played for the 1988 United States Men's Olympic Basketball Team, the last American team not to feature professionals.
On March 12, 1992, Smith was convicted of vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crime, in the hit-and-run deaths of two Boston University students on March 22, 1991. [1]
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