Charles D. "Chuck" Hyatt (February 28, 1908 – May 8, 1978) was a well-known collegiate basketball player in the late 1920s.

The Syracuse, New York

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 native played three seasons at University of Pittsburgh

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 under Hall of Fame

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 coach Clifford Carlson

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 (1927–30). An exceptional shooter, Hyatt scored then-outstanding 880 points throughout his college career. He was named an All-American three consecutive times, and additionally Helms Foundation Player of the Year

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 in 1930, when he led the nation in scoring with 12.6 ppg.

After his college career, Hyatt played AAU

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 basketball, and later coached in the Professional Basketball League of America

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. 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

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in its inaugural class of 2006.