Chuck Carney

Chuck Carney
College	Illinois
Conference	Big Ten
Sport	Basketball
Position	Forward
Nationality	American
Born	August 25, 1900 Chicago, Illinois
Died	September 5, 1984 (aged 84) Manchester, New Hampshire
High school	Evanston Evanston, Illinois
Awards
2× Helms Foundation All-American (1920 & 1922) Helms National Player of the Year (1922) 3× First Team All-Big Ten
Honors
Team captain (1920-21),(1921-22) Retired jersey Illinois All-Century Team

Chuck Carney

Date of birth:	August 25, 1900
Place of birth:	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death:	September 5, 1984(1984-09-05) (aged 84)
Place of death:	Manchester, New Hampshire
Career information
Position(s):	DE
College:	University of Illinois
Organizations
College Football Hall of Fame

Charles "Chuck" Carney (August 25, 1900 – September 5, 1984) was an American football and basketball player. As an end and receiver, he played football for the University of Illinois from 1918-1921. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.^[1] Carney was also a two-time All-American (1920, 1922) member of the University of Illinois men's basketball team from 1920-1922.^[2][3] He was elected to the Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team in January of 2005. Carney became the first Big Ten athlete to be named a football and basketball All-American. He was named Helms Foundation National Player of the Year for basketball in 1922.

After leaving Illinois, Carney served as end coach at Northwestern, Wisconsin, and Harvard before entering the investment banking business as a New York Stock Exchange representative for the firm of Dominick and Dominick.

References

1. ^ http://www.collegefootball.org/famer_selected.php?id=20070
2. ^ http://www.apbr.org/ncaa-aa.html
3. ^ http://www.fightingillini.com/sports/m-baskbl/archive/MBKBHist-All-TimeRosters--1907-24.html#1921

Persondata
Name	Carney, Chuck
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 25, 1900
Place of birth	Chicago, Illinois
Date of death	September 5, 1984
Place of death	Manchester, New Hampshire