Dawahares/KHSAA Hall of Fame

April 13, 2015 Hall of Fame Working

DAWAHARES/KHSAA HALL OF FAME
NOMINATION FORM AND INFORMATION

Information about Nominee:

Name: Charles Osborne

Information about Person Making the Nomination:

Name: JR VanHoose

Address:
216 4th Street
Paintsville, KY 41240

Category of Nomination:

Athlete

Gender:

Male

Minority?

Primary KHSAA Basketball Region: 15

Secondary KHSAA Basketball Region: 0

Athlete:

High School Attended: Flat Gap

Year of Graduation: 1957

Nominee's Accomplishments at the High School Level in Kentucky:

HIGH SCHOOL Flat Gap High School (graduated 1957) 4-year letter winner 2nd leading scorer in Kentucky high school history – 3,647 career points 1st team All-State selection (1957) – first in Flat Gap school history 2nd team All-State selection (1956) Honorable Mention All-State selection (1955) Selected to play in the prestigious Kentucky-Indiana All-Star Game (1957) Flat Gap was the 1957 59th District champions COLLEGE Western Kentucky (l959-61) Led the WKU freshman team in scoring (32.1 ppg) in the 1957-58 season Ranks 17 th all-time in school history with 1,359 career points Tied for 3rd all-time in school history with 25 rebounds in one game (vs. East Tennessee) on December 9, 1960 Led WKU in FG% as a junior - .512% (154-301) Led WKU in FT% each of his three varsity seasons Ranks 3rd and 4th all-time in school history for FTs made in a season - 3rd – 189 (1959-60) and 4th – 176 (1960-61) Ranks 5th all-time in school history for FTs attempted in a season – 236 (1959-60) Ranks 3rd all-time in school history in FTs made in a career – 511 Ranks 5th all-time in school history in FTs attempted in a career – 638 Ranks 9th all-time in school history in FT% in a season - .834% (176-211) in 1960-61 Ranks 6th all-time in school history in career FT% - .801% (511-638) Sugar Bowl All-Tournament team (1959 and 1960) 3rd team NABC All-District (1960) NCAA Mideast All-Region team (1960) WKU team MVP (1961) Honorable Mention NABC All-District (1961) 1st team All-OVC (1960 and 1961) WKU was the OVC champions (1960) and the OVC co-champions (1961) The Hilltoppers advanced to the NCAA “Sweet 16” in 1960 Drafted in the 1961 NBA Draft (3rd Round, 28th overall selection) by the Syracuse Nationals PROFESSIONAL Made his NBA debut on November 3, 1961, against the St. Louis Hawks Scored a career-high 3 points against St. Louis (November 25, 1961) Appeared in only 4 NBA games after breaking his hand on November 25, 1961 “going for a rebound and getting tangled up with St. Louis Hawks great Bob Petit.” His hand was placed in a cast for one month and he was then slated to report for military duty in the United States Army on January 1, 1962 – he never played another game in the NBA COACH Western Kentucky (1962-63) shared duties with Dan King as coach of the freshmen basketball team MAJOR HONORS Western Kentucky University Athletic Hall of Fame (2005) Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame (2017) *killed in an automobile crash in Johnson County, KY on April 17, 1979 at the young age of 40