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Chuck Daly

1930 - 2009

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Charles Jerome Daly (July 20, 1930 – May 9, 2009) was an American basketball head coach. He led the Detroit Pistons to two consecutive National Basketball Association (NBA) championships in 1989 and 1990—during the team's "Bad Boys" era—and the 1992 United States men's Olympic basketball team ("The Dream Team") to the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Daly is a two-time Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, being inducted in 1994 for his individual coaching career, and in 2010 was posthumously inducted as the head coach of the "Dream Team". The Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chuck Daly is the 137th most popular basketball player (down from 66th in 2019), the 7,590th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,615th in 2019) and the 81st most popular American Basketball Player.

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Among basketball players, Chuck Daly ranks 137 out of 1,757. Before him are Reggie Miller, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Dominique Wilkins, Carlos Blixen, Manu Ginóbili, and Borislav Stanković. After him are Lauren Jackson, Mark Jackson, Sasha Vujačić, Walt Frazier, Željko Jerkov, and Valdemaras Chomičius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Chuck Daly ranks 431. Before him are Halszka Osmólska, Michael J. Adams, Kjell Espmark, Jacqueline du Bief, Oleg Anofriyev, and Polly Bergen. After him are Richard Lynn, Štefan Uher, Alakbar Mammadov, Estela de Carlotto, Kei Kumai, and Marisol Escobar. Among people deceased in 2009, Chuck Daly ranks 254. Before him are Jacques Sylla, Barry Flanagan, Alfred Hrdlicka, Kamala Surayya, Kazuhiko Nishijima, and Norbert Eschmann. After him are Anselmo Duarte, Mary Travers, Godfrey Rampling, Ingemar Johansson, Daniel Jarque, and Abel Goumba.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chuck Daly ranks 7,592 out of 20,380. Before him are Loren Acton (1936), Paul Whiteman (1890), Clifton Williams (1932), John O'Hara (1905), Polly Bergen (1930), and Penn Badgley (1986). After him are Lola Falana (1942), Lawrence Gilliard Jr. (1971), Washington Allston (1779), Lucy Stone (1818), Gregory La Cava (1892), and Harry Porter (1882).

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Among BASKETBALL PLAYERS In United States

Among basketball players born in United States, Chuck Daly ranks 81. Before him are Billy Evans (1932), George Gervin (1952), Don Nelson (1940), Bob McAdoo (1951), Larry Brown (1940), and Reggie Miller (1965). After him are Mark Jackson (1965), Walt Frazier (1945), Jerry Lucas (1940), Bill Sharman (1926), Frank Lubin (1910), and Dolph Schayes (1928).

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