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He was one of the Eagles’ top football players in the early 1980s. He started at cornerback three years and was an excellent kick returner. During his career, he participated in 121 tackles, intercepted seven passes, including five as a senior in 1983, and averaged 10.2 yards on 55 punt returns. He holds the CSC record for longest non-touchdown with punt return—79 yards. The return was cut short when a wasp flew into his helmet, causing him to slow down and get caught from behind just shy of the goal line.
He also ran middle distances for the CSC track and field team and was the college’s homecoming king, won the Clyde Bond Memorial Award and graduated with a 3.67 cumulative grade point average while majoring in art. He was named the college’s outstanding scholar-athlete his senior year and was on the District 5 (nine states) all-academic team. He was the recipient of CSC Outstanding Young Alumni Award in 1996 and is a highly successful artist living in the Atlanta area. He designed the official CSC logo in 2000.
Charlie and his twin brother, Clark, were born in Chadron, moved to Colorado with their parents as toddlers, returned when they were in middle school and remained in Chadron through their sophomore years at Chadron High. After their mother remarried, they moved to Texas for the remainder of high school, but returned to attend Chadron State. Clark also was an excellent athlete. He played football and baseball at CSC two years, but transferred to Nebraska-Kearney, when the Eagles dropped baseball.