Chuck Share

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Chuck Share
Position Center
Height ft 11 in (2.11 m)
Weight 235 lb (107 kg)
Nationality Flag of United States United States
Born March 14, 1927 (age 80)
Akron, Ohio
High school Western Hills
Cincinnati, Ohio
College Bowling Green
Draft 1st overall, 1950
Boston Celtics
Pro career 1952–1960

Chuck Share (born March 14, 1927 in Akron, Ohio) is a retired American basketball player. He was the first draft pick in NBA history, being selected by the Boston Celtics as the number one pick in 1950. Share never played for the Celtics, and started his career with the Fort Wayne Pistons and played nine years, playing for the Pistons, Milwaukee Hawks/St. Louis Hawks, and the Minneapolis Lakers.

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