Chico Vaughn

Chico Vaughn

Personal information
Born	(1940-02-19)February 19, 1940 Hodges Park, Illinois
Died	October 25, 2013(2013-10-25) (aged 73)
Nationality	American
Listed height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Listed weight	190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school	Tamms (Tamms, Illinois)
College	Southern Illinois (1959–1962)
NBA draft	1962 / Round: 4 / Pick: 26th overall
Selected by the St. Louis Hawks
Playing career	1962–1970
Position	Shooting guard / Point guard
Number	17, 10
Career history
1962–1965	St. Louis Hawks
1965–1967	Detroit Pistons
1967–1970	Pittsburgh / Minnesota Pipers
Career highlights and awards
ABA champion (1968) ABA All-Star (1968) No. 20 retired by Southern Illinois Salukis
Career NBA and ABA statistics
Points	5,822 (11.9 ppg)
Rebounds	1,224 (2.5 rpg)
Assists	1,024 (2.1 apg)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Charles "Chico" Vaughn (February 19, 1940 – October 25, 2013) was an American basketball player. At 6'2", he played the guard position.

Vaughn is the highest scorer in Illinois high school boys basketball, tallying 3,358 points during his career at Tamms High School in Tamms, Illinois (1954–1958). He was born in nearby Hodges Park, Illinois, then moved with his family to Portland, Oregon before returning to Tamms at age 7.

Vaughn also is the all-time leading scorer for Southern Illinois, 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 National Basketball Association as a member of the St. Louis Hawks and Detroit Pistons. He joined the rival American Basketball Association 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.^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Career statistics
• Illinois High School Leading Scorers

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