American star collegiate basketball player and coach. One of basketball's original basketball sharpshooters, Syracuse, New York native Chuck Hyatt earned All-America honors a total of nine times throughout his college and AAU career. Under Hall of Fame coach Henry Clifford Carlson, Hyatt scored an exceptional 880 points in three years playing at the University of Pittsburgh. The two-time collegiate All-America led the Panthers to the 1928 and 1930 national championships. In the 1930 championship game, Hyatt scored 27 points against Hall of Famer John "Cat" Thompson and Montana State, including a last second basket in a 37-36 Pittsburgh victory. In 1930 he led the nation in scoring with a 12.6 per game average. Named the Helms Foundation Player of the Year in 1930, Hyatt enjoyed a productive Amateur Athletic Union career with the Diamond Oilers, Universal Pictures, and the Phillips 66ers, earning seven more All-America honors. After his college career, Hyatt played AAU basketball, and later coached in the Professional Basketball League of America. After 20 years of playing basketball, Hyatt retired at age 37 and became a sales field representative for Spalding Sporting Goods. His son, Charley, died at sea in 1973 after service in the Vietnam War. Career highlights: All-America status at National High School Tournament in Chicago (1926) founded by Amos Alonzo Stagg; National championship at Pittsburgh, 1928, 1930; College All-America, 1929, 1930; Helms Foundation Player of the Year, 1930. Hyatt was inducted into the Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in its inaugural class in 1959, and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in its inaugural class of 2006.