Charlie Sitton

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Charlie Sitton

No. 52

Small forward

Personal information

Born

July 3, 1962
McMinnville, Oregon

Nationality

American

Listed height

6 ft 8 in (203 cm)

Listed weight

210 lb (95 kg)

Career information

High school

McMinnville (McMinnville, Oregon)

College

Oregon State (1980–1984)

NBA draft

1984 / Round: 2 / Pick: 38th overall

Selected by the Dallas Mavericks

Career history

1984–1985

Dallas Mavericks

1986–1988

Basket Brescia (Italy)

1988–1989

Hitachi Venezia (Italy)

Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

Medals

Men's basketball
Competitor for United States
Pan American Games
Gold	1983 Caracas	Team competition

Charles E. "Charlie" Sitton (born July 3, 1962) is a retired American basketball player.

Oregon State career

A 6' 8" forward, he played high school basketball at McMinnville High School and college basketball for Oregon State from 1981 to 1984. As a freshman, Sitton was a member of the last Oregon State team to achieve a number 1 ranking in 1981. He was a two-time All-American and three-time All-Pac-10 selection, and was chosen as Oregon State's MVP in 1983. In Sitton's four years at Oregon State, the Beavers were 93-25 and appeared in the NCAA tournament three times and the NIT once. Sitton scored 1,561 points in his college career, and shot at a .575 field goal percentage.^[1]

After college

Sitton was drafted by the Dallas Mavericks in the second round of the 1984 NBA Draft and played one season for the Dallas Mavericks before traveling to Europe, where he played an additional five years in Italy, France and Belgium.^{[citation needed]} He was named to both the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame and the OSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 1997. He resides in the Portland area.

References

↑ "Beaver Legends and Player History.". Oregon State Basketball Media Guide. 2006. p. 107. Retrieved 2007-04-10.

External links

v t e United States squad – 1983 Pan American Games – Gold medal

Cage Jordan Master Mullin Perkins Pinckney Price Reynolds Sitton Stokes Tisdale Wood Coach: Hartman

v t e 1984 NBA Draft

First round	Hakeem Olajuwon Sam Bowie Michael Jordan Sam Perkins Charles Barkley Melvin Turpin Alvin Robertson Lancaster Gordon Otis Thorpe Leon Wood Kevin Willis Tim McCormick Jay Humphries Michael Cage Terence Stansbury John Stockton Jeff Turner Vern Fleming Bernard Thompson Tony Campbell Kenny Fields Tom Sewell Earl Jones Michael Young

Second round	Devin Durrant Victor Fleming Ron Anderson Cory Blackwell Stuart Gray Steve Burtt, Sr. Jay Murphy Eric Turner Steve Colter Tony Costner Othell Wilson Charles Jones Ben Coleman Charlie Sitton Danny Young Anthony Teachey Tom Sluby Willie White Greg Wiltjer Fred Reynolds Gary Plummer Jerome Kersey Ronnie Williams

Persondata
Name	Sitton, Charlie
Alternative names
Short description	American basketball player
Date of birth	July 3, 1962
Place of birth	McMinnville, Oregon
Date of death
Place of death

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