Charlie Yelverton

Charlie Yelverton
No. 11
Guard / Small forward
Personal information
Date of birth	December 5, 1948 (1948-12-05) (age 63)
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Nationality	American
High school	Rice (Harlem, New York)
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
College	Fordham
NBA Draft	1971 / Round: 2 / Pick: 25th overall
Selected by the Portland Trail Blazers
Pro career	1971–1987
Career history
1971–1972	Portland Trail Blazers
1972	Scranton Apollos (EBA)
1972–1973	Olympiacos (Greece)
1974–1975	Ignis Varese (Italy)
1975–1976	Basket Brescia (Italy)
1977–1979	Mobilgirgi / Emerson Varese (Italy)
1979–1980	Viganello Basket (Italy)
1980–1987	Robur Basket Saronno (Italy)
Career highlights and awards
Euroleague Champion (1975) Haggerty Award winner (1971)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Charlie Yelverton (born December 5, 1948 in New York, USA) is a former American basketball player. A 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall guard-forward, he was drafted 25th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1971 NBA Draft, but only appeared in one NBA season.^[1] He then headed to Europe and Ignis Varese. He helped the team to the 1975 Euroleague title and played in two other finals in 1978 and 1979. He also won the 1978 Italian league title while in Varese as well as a Swiss League and Cup crowns with Lugano in 1980.

On February 3, 2008, Yelverton was among the 105 player nominees for the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors list commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the competition.

References

^ Charlie Yelverton. basketball-reference

External links

Haggerty Award winners

1936: Bender
1937: Be. Kramer
1938: Fliegel
1939: Torgoff
1940: Auerbach
1941: Garfinkel
1942: J. White
1943: Levane
1944: McGuire
1945: Kotsores
1946: Tannenbaum
1947: Tannenbaum
1948: Schayes
1949: McGuire
1950: S. White
1951: Azary
1952: MacGilvray
1953: Dukes
1954: Conlin
1955: Conlin
1956: Thieben
1957: Forte
1958: Cunningham
1959: Seiden
1960: Sanders
1961: T. Jackson
1962: Ellis
1963: Ba. Kramer
1964: Werkman
1965: Isaac
1966: Grant
1967: Dove
1968: McMillian
1969: McMillian
1970: McMillian
1971: Yelverton
1972: Garner & Sullivan
1973: Schaeffer
1974: Campion
1975: Sellers
1976: Sellers
1977: Laurel
1978: Johnson
1979: Galis
1980: Ruland
1981: Springer
1982: Callandrillo
1983: Mullin
1984: Burtt & Mullin
1985: Mullin
1986: Berry
1987: Houston & M. Jackson
1988: Bryant
1989: Morton
1990: Harvey
1991: Sealy
1992: Sealy
1993: Dehere
1994: Buchanan & Karnišovas
1995: J. Griffin
1996: A. Griffin
1997: Jones
1998: López
1999: Artest
2000: Claxton
2001: Richardson
2002: Hatten
2003: Flores
2004: Flores
2005: Clark
2006: Douby
2007: Jordan
2008: Thompson
2009: Jenkins
2010: Jenkins
2011: Jenkins

1971 NBA Draft

First round	Austin Carr · Sidney Wicks · Elmore Smith · Ken Durrett · George Trapp · Fred Brown · Cliff Meely · Darnell Hillman · Stan Love · Clarence Glover · Curtis Rowe · Dana Lewis · Jim Cleamons · John Roche · Kennedy McIntosh · Dean Meminger · Collis Jones

Second round	Steve Patterson · Fred Hilton · Willie Sojourner · John Mengelt · Ted McClain · Jim McDaniels · Mike Newlin · Charlie Yelverton · Amos Thomas · Rick Fisher · Jim Rose · Isaiah Wilson · Spencer Haywood · Joe Bergman · Howard Porter · Marvin Stewart · Gregg Northington · Willie Long

Ignis Varese 1974–75 Euroleague Champions

Morse \| Meneghin \| Yelverton \| Ossola \| Rusconi \| Bisson \| Rizzi \| Zanatta \| Salvaneschi \| Carraria \| Gualco \| Bessi \| Coach Gamba

Persondata
Name	Yelverton, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	December 5, 1948
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Date of death
Place of death