:Charley Scales
{{Short description|American gridiron football player (1938–2023)}}
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{{Use American English|date=June 2023}}
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| position = Running back
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|01|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|06|18|1938|01|11|mf=y}}
| death_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
| height_ft = 5
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| weight_lb = 210
| high_school = Homestead (Homestead, Pennsylvania)
| college = Indiana
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| pastteams = * Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1960|1961}})
- Cleveland Browns ({{NFL Year|1962|1965}})
- Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1966}})
- Montreal Alouettes ({{CFL Year|1967}})
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Charles Anderson Scales (January 11, 1938 – June 18, 2023) was an American professional football player who played as a running back for seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Cleveland Browns, and Atlanta Falcons. His final season was played in the Canadian Football League (CFL) with the Montreal Alouettes, for whom he played 13 games, gaining 370 yards on 101 carries, with 2 touchdowns.
Professional career
=Pittsburgh Steelers=
A Pittsburgh native, Scales played his first two NFL seasons with the Steelers, signing with the team as a free agent.{{cite news|title="Browns Acquire Steelers' Scales"|date=March 27, 1962 |url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com.ezproxy2.cpl.org/resources/doc/nb/image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-12B146BBD926C3FA%402437751-1276EC76099CC6AA%4026-1276EC76099CC6AA%40?p=EANX-NB&hlterms=Charley%3B+Scales |author= Chuck Heaton |publisher=Cleveland Plain Dealer}} As a backup to fullback John Henry Johnson, Scales carried the ball 26 times for 81 yards in 1960 and 50 times for 184 yards in 1961. He did not score a touchdown as a member of the Steelers.{{cite web| url=http://www.justsportsstats.com/footballstatsindex.php?player_id=scalecha001&recsort=3 | title=Charlie Scales Statistics on JustSports.com | accessdate=March 25, 2018}}
=Cleveland Browns=
Scales was traded to Cleveland prior to the 1962 exhibition season for one of Cleveland's two 1963 fifth round draft picks (the Browns had acquired a second fifth round pick in a trade with Detroit).{{cite web | url=http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/draft-history/1960s.html | title=Cleveland Browns Draft History 1960s | accessdate=March 25, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180326141811/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/draft-history/1960s.html | archive-date=March 26, 2018 | url-status=dead }} Scales was acquired, according to Browns head coach Paul Brown, to compete with Preston Powell as a backup fullback to Jim Brown. Coach Brown said that Scales had "bothered" the Browns in exhibition games. That, plus the fact that the Steelers had selected fullback Bob Ferguson in the first round of the 1962 NFL draft, thus making Scales expendable, prompted the trade.
In four seasons with the Browns, Scales rushed for 338 yards, scoring four touchdowns. He caught 10 passes for 97 yards.
Scales was traded to the expansion Atlanta Falcons on August 23, 1966, for a draft choice. He scored two touchdowns against Atlanta in an exhibition game just a few days prior to the trade.{{cite news|title="Scales Traded to Falcons as Browns Rely on Rookie Backs"|date=August 23, 1966|url=https://infoweb-newsbank-com.ezproxy2.cpl.org/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-NB&t=favorite%3APlainDealer%21Plain%2520Dealer%252C%2520The&sort=YMD_date%3AD&maxresults=20&f=advanced&val-base-0=%22Charley%20Scales%22&fld-base-0=alltext&bln-base-1=and&val-base-1=1966&fld-base-1=YMD_date&docref=image/v2%3A122AFBBA107AC9E4%40EANX-NB-12B774BB52F28803%402439362-12B7369AC18356E1%4038-12B7369AC18356E1%40 |author= Chuck Heaton |publisher=Cleveland Plain Dealer}}
Death
Scales died in Pittsburgh on June 18, 2023, at the age of 85.{{cite web |title=Charley Scales |url=https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/scal00200.html |website=Pro Football Archives |access-date=22 June 2023 |archive-date=31 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031080034/https://www.profootballarchives.com/players/scal00200.html |url-status=dead }}
References
{{1964 Cleveland Browns}}
{{1966 Atlanta Falcons}}
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Category:Montreal Alouettes players
Category:American football running backs
Category:Pittsburgh Steelers players
Category:Atlanta Falcons players
Category:Cleveland Browns players