Chad Gallagher

{{Short description|American basketball player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox basketball biography

| name = Chad Gallagher

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| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 255

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|05|30}}

| birth_place = Rockford, Illinois, U.S.

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| death_place =

| high_school = Boylan Catholic (Rockford, Illinois)

| college = Creighton (1987–1991)

| draft_year = 1991

| draft_round = 2

| draft_pick = 32

| draft_team = Phoenix Suns

| career_start = 1991

| career_end = 2000

| career_number = 55

| career_position = Center

| years1 = 1991–1992

| team1 = Caja Mayoral Málaga

| years2 = 1992

| team2 = Badajoz Caja Rural

| years3 = 1992–1993

| team3 = Sioux Falls Skyforce

| years4 = 1993–1994

| team4 = Omaha Racers

| years5 = {{nbay|1993|end}}

| team5 = Utah Jazz

| years6 = 1994

| team6 = Omaha Racers

| years7 = 1994–1995

| team7 = Olimpia de Venado Tuerto

| years8 = 1995–1996

| team8 = Rockford Lightning

| years9 = 1996

| team9 = Paris Basket Racing

| years10 = 1996

| team10 = Rockford Lightning

| years11 = 1996–1997

| team11 = Florida Beach Dogs

| years12 = 1998

| team12 = Rockford Lightning

| years13 = 1999

| team13 = Libertad de Sunchales

| years14 = 1999–2000

| team14 = Olimpia de Venado Tuerto

| highlights =

• MVC Player of the Year (1991)
• 2× First-team All-MVC (1990, 1991)
• Second-team All-MVC (1989)

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Chad Austin Gallagher (born May 30, 1969) is a retired American professional basketball player who played briefly in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A 6'10" center played collegiately at Creighton University from 1987 to 1991,{{cite press release |url=http://gopurpleaces.com/articles/artfiles/84280_MVC_50_Greatest_Players.pdf |title=Missouri Valley Conference Recognizes MVC Men's Basketball '50 Greatest' Players |work=GoPurpleAces.com |publisher=Missouri Valley Conference |date=February 26, 2007 |accessdate=May 23, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928074507/http://gopurpleaces.com/articles/artfiles/84280_MVC_50_Greatest_Players.pdf |archive-date=September 28, 2007}} and was selected with the fifth pick in the 2nd round of the 1991 NBA draft by the Phoenix Suns.

Gallagher's NBA career consisted of 2 games for the Utah Jazz in February, 1994, playing 3 total minutes and scoring 6 points on 3-of-3 field goals.[http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerlog.htm?yr=1993&ilkid=GALLACH01 Chad Gallagher 1993-94 Game Log] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208150936/http://www.basketballreference.com/players/playerlog.htm?yr=1993&ilkid=GALLACH01 |date=2007-02-08 }} @ basketballreference.com

In October 1995 he was signed by the Miami Heat but was waived prior to the start of the 1995–96 NBA season.[http://www.nba.com/heat/history/keydates_transactions_1995.html Miami Heat - Key Dates and Transactions: 1995]

While playing at Creighton, he was the 1991 Missouri Valley Conference Player of the Year.