# Chuck Darling

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{{Short description|American basketball player (1930–2021)}}
:''A fictional character named Chuck Darling was in the comedy series [Back to You](/source/Back_to_You_(TV_series)).''
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name            = Chuck Darling
| image_size      =
| image           = Chuck Darling.jpg
| caption         = Darling with the [Phillips 66ers](/source/Phillips_66ers)
| position        = [Center](/source/Center_(basketball))
| height_ft       = 6
| height_in       = 8
| weight_lb       = 225
| number          = 27
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1930|3|20}}
| birth_place     = [Denison, Iowa](/source/Denison%2C_Iowa), U.S.
| death_date      = {{death date and age|2021|4|6|1930|3|20}}
| death_place     = [Littleton, Colorado](/source/Littleton%2C_Colorado), U.S.
| high_school     = 
*[Helena](/source/Helena_High_School) ([Helena, Montana](/source/Helena%2C_Montana))
*[South](/source/South_High_School_(Denver)) ([Denver, Colorado](/source/Denver%2C_Colorado))
| college         = [Iowa](/source/Iowa_Hawkeyes_men's_basketball) (1949–1952)
| draft_year      = 1952
| draft_round     = 1
| draft_pick      = 8
| draft_team      = [Rochester Royals](/source/Rochester_Royals)
| career_start    = 
| career_end      = 
| highlights      =
* 3x [AAU All-American](/source/AAU_Men's_Basketball_All-Americans) (1954–1956)
* Consensus first-team [All-American](/source/NCAA_Men's_Basketball_All-Americans) ([1952](/source/1952_NCAA_Men's_Basketball_All-Americans))
* [Chicago Tribune Silver Basketball](/source/Chicago_Tribune_Silver_Basketball) (1952)
* First-team All-[Big Ten](/source/Big_Ten_Conference) (1952)
* Second-team All-Big Ten (1951)
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [basketball](/source/Basketball_at_the_Summer_Olympics)}}
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|United States}} }}
{{MedalGold| [1956 Melbourne](/source/1956_Summer_Olympics) | [Team competition](/source/Basketball_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics)}}
}}

'''Charles Frick Darling''' (March 20, 1930 – April 6, 2021) was an American [basketball](/source/basketball) player who competed in the [1956 Summer Olympics](/source/1956_Summer_Olympics). Born in [Denison, Iowa](/source/Denison%2C_Iowa), Darling played collegiately at the [University of Iowa](/source/Iowa_Hawkeyes_men's_basketball). He was selected by the [Rochester Royals](/source/Rochester_Royals) in the first round of the [1952 NBA draft](/source/1952_NBA_draft), but chose not to pursue a career in professional basketball. Instead, he was a member of the American basketball team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1956. He was a member of the Des Moines Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.
He died in [Littleton, Colorado](/source/Littleton%2C_Colorado) at the age of 91.<ref>[https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/centennial-co/charles-darling-10144983 Chuck Darling obituary]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/chuck-darling-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105134/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/da/chuck-darling-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Chuck Darling}}

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Category:1930 births
Category:2021 deaths
Category:All-American college men's basketball players
Category:American men's basketball players
Category:Basketball players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Basketball players from Iowa
Category:Centers (basketball)
Category:Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball players
Category:Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in basketball
Category:People from Denison, Iowa
Category:Phillips 66ers players
Category:Rochester Royals draft picks
Category:United States men's national basketball team players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
Category:South High School (Denver, Colorado) alumni

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