Chico Vaughn
{{Short description|American basketball player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox NBA biography
| name = Chico Vaughn
| image =
| width =
| caption =
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 2
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date|1940|2|19}}
| birth_place = Hodges Park, Illinois, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|10|25|1940|2|19}}
| high_school = Egyptian (Tamms, Illinois)
| college = Southern Illinois (1959–1962)
| draft_year = 1962
| draft_round = 4
| draft_pick = 26
| draft_team = St. Louis Hawks
| career_start = 1962
| career_end = 1970
| career_number = 17, 10
| career_position = Shooting guard / point guard
| years1 = {{nbay|1962|start}}–{{nbay|1965|start}}
| team1 = St. Louis Hawks
| years2 = {{nbay|1965|start}}–{{nbay|1966|end}}
| team2 = Detroit Pistons
| team3 = Pittsburgh / Minnesota Pipers
| highlights =
- ABA champion (1968)
- ABA All-Star (1968)
- No. 20 retired by Southern Illinois Salukis
|stats_league=NBA and ABA
| stat1label = Points
| stat1value = 5,822 (11.9 ppg)
| stat2label = Rebounds
| stat2value = 1,224 (2.5 rpg)
| stat3label = Assists
| stat3value = 1,024 (2.1 apg)
}}
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 Egyptian 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.{{cite web| title = SIU hoops legend 'Chico' Vaughn dies at 73| publisher = The Southern Illinoisian| date = October 26, 2013 | url=http://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu-hoops-legend-chico-vaughn-dies-at/article_aae98b0a-3df4-11e3-b721-001a4bcf887a.html | accessdate = October 26, 2013}}
Career statistics
{{NBA player statistics legend|leader=y}}
| class ="wikitable" |
| style="background:#afe6fa; width:3em;"|†
|Denotes seasons in which Vaughn's team won an ABA championship |
=NBA/ABA=
==Regular season==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! 3P%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1962}}
| style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis
| 77 || 24.0 || .417 || || .720 || 3.4 || 3.3 || 10.1
|-
| style="text-align:left";|{{nbay|1963}}
| style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis
| 68 || 19.7 || .442 || || .723 || 1.9 || 1.9 || 8.6
|-
| style="text-align:left";|{{nbay|1964}}
| style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis
| 75 || 26.2 || .424 || || .752 || 2.3 || 2.1 || 11.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1965}}
| style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis
| 19 || 23.4 || .375 || || .742 || 2.4 || 1.9 || 10.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1965|nolink=y}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Detroit
| 37 || 20.9 || .390 || || .732 || 1.7 || 2.8 || 7.6
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{nbay|1966}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Detroit
| 51 || 13.3 || .376 || || .676 || 1.3 || 1.5 || 4.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"|{{abay|1967}}†
| style="text-align:left;"|Pittsburgh (ABA)
| 74 || 38.6 || .379 || .334 || .740 || 4.0 || 1.9 || 19.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1968}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Minnesota (ABA)
| 69 || 33.3 || .355 || .277 || .769 || 2.4 || 1.6 || 17.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|{{abay|1969}}
| style="text-align:left;"|Minnesota (ABA)
| 21 || 19.1 || .367 || .293 || .686 || 1.3 || 1.0 || 9.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA)
| 327 || 21.6 || .415 || || .728 || 2.2 || 2.3 || 8.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA)
| 164 || 33.9 || .368 || .301 || .747 || 3.0 || 1.7 || 17.7
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall)
| 491 || 25.7 || .392 || .301 || .738 || 2.5 || 2.1 || 11.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|All-Star (ABA)
| 1 || 4.0 || 1.000 || 1.000 || – || .0 || .0 || 6.0
{{s-end}}
==Playoffs==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
! Year
! Team
! GP
! MPG
! FG%
! 3P%
! FT%
! RPG
! APG
! PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1963
| style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis
| 11 || 28.5 || .479 || || .667 || 2.8 || 2.8 || 10.0
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1964
| style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis
| style="background:#CFECEC;"|12* || 20.2 || .426 || || .731 || 2.1 || 1.8 || 8.8
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1965
| style="text-align:left;"|St. Louis
| 4 || 18.8 || .310 || || .875 || 1.5 || 2.5 || 6.3
|-
| style="text-align:left;background:#afe6fa;"|1968†
| style="text-align:left;"|Pittsburgh (ABA)
| 15 || 38.4 || .352 || .258 || .795 || 3.5 || 2.9 || 17.7
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|1969
| style="text-align:left;"|Minnesota (ABA)
| 5 || 11.4 || .297 || .286 || .857 || 1.2 || .2 || 6.8
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (NBA)
| 27 || 23.4 || .434 || || .721 || 2.3 || 2.3 || 8.9
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (ABA)
| 20 || 31.7 || .345 || .263 || .800 || 3.0 || 2.3 || 15.0
|- class="sortbottom"
| style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career (overall)
| 47 || 26.9 || .383 || .263 || .767 || 2.6 || 2.3 || 11.5
{{s-end}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/v/vaughch01.html Career statistics]
- [http://www.ihsa.org/activity/bkb/records/aindiv.htm#0X100 Illinois High School Leading Scorers]
{{Pittsburgh Pipers 1967–68 ABA Champions}}
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Category:St. Louis Hawks draft picks
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