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{{Short description|American football and basketball player (1900–1984)}}
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{{Infobox college football player
   |name=Chuck Carney
   |image=All-American Chuck Carney.png
   |birth_date={{Birth date|1900|8|25}}
   |birth_place=[[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S.
   |death_date={{Death date and age|1984|9|5|1900|8|25}}
   |death_place=[[Manchester, New Hampshire]], U.S.
   |currentposition=[[End (American football)|End]]
   |pastschools=[[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Illinois]] (1920&ndash;1922)
    |school=
   |highlights=
* 2× Helms Foundation All-American (1920, 1922)
* [[Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year|Helms National Player of the Year]]&nbsp;(1922)
* 3× First-team All-Big Ten (1920–1922)
* [[Captain (sports)|Team captain]] (1921, 1922)
* IBCA Hall of Fame (1975)
* Retired jersey (2008)
* Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame (2018)
   |CFBHOF_id=1409
   |CFBHOF_year=1966
}}
'''Charles Roslyn Carney''' (August 25, 1900 &ndash; September 5, 1984) was an [[American football]] and [[basketball]] player.

Carney was born in [[Chicago]] in 1900.  He enrolled at the [[University of Illinois]] where he excelled in both football and basketball.  He played at the [[End (American football)|end]] position for the [[Illinois Fighting Illini football|Fighting Illini football]] team from 1918 to 1921. He was selected as a consensus first-team All-American in 1920.<ref>{{cite web|title=2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections|publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)|year=2014|accessdate=August 16, 2014|page=5|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/Awards.pdf|archive-date=November 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126094941/http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/football_records/2014/awards.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was elected to the [[College Football Hall of Fame]] in 1966.<ref name=CFHOF>{{cite web|title=Chuck Carney|publisher=National Football Foundation|url={{College Football HoF/url|id=1409}}}}</ref>

Carney was a member of the [[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball|Illini men's basketball]] team from 1920 to 1922. He established the single-season, [[Big Ten Conference]] record with 60 field goals (188 points) during the 1921 Big Ten season, a record that stood for 22 years.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hapac Bulks Large In Basketball Book|newspaper=Toledo Blade|date=March 8, 1940|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19400308&id=MtJOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dP4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2280,1266614}}</ref>   He was selected as an All-American basketball player in both 1920 and 1922,<ref>{{cite web|title=NCAA All-America Teams 1919–20 to 1998–99|publisher=the Association for Professional Basketball Research|accessdate=February 25, 2015|url=http://www.apbr.org/ncaa-aa.html}}</ref> becoming the first Big Ten athlete to receive All-American honors in both football and basketball. He was named [[Helms Foundation]] [[Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year|College Basketball Player of the Year]] in 1922.

He is the only Fighting Illini athlete to earn consensus All-America honors in both football and basketball. He is a member of the Helms Foundation College Basketball Hall of Fame as well as the IBCA Hall of Fame. A three-time first-team all-conference selection as a basketball player, Carney is also a member of Illinois All-Century Teams for both football and basketball.

After completing his studies at the University of Illinois, Carney played one [[1922 Columbus Panhandles season|season]] in the [[NFL|APFA]] for the [[Columbus Panhandles]], starting only one game.<ref>[https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CarnCh20.htm Pro-Football-Reference.com]</ref> He followed his playing years by serving as an assistant football coach for several years. He held posts as the ends coach for the [[Northwestern Wildcats football|Northwestern Wildcats]], [[Wisconsin Badgers football|Wisconsin Badgers]], and [[Harvard Crimson football|Harvard Crimson]]. He later worked as a [[New York Stock Exchange]] representative for the investment banking and financial services firm of [[Dominick & Dominick]].<ref name=CFHOF/>

==Honors==

===Basketball===
* 1922 – [[Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year|Helms National Player of the Year]]
* [[1920 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1920]], [[1922 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|1922]] – First Team [[NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|All-American]]
* 1920, 1921, 1922 – First-team [[List of All-Big Ten Conference football teams|All-Big Ten]]
* 1975 – Inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association's Hall of Fame as a player.<ref>[http://www.ibcaillinois.org/chuck-carney.cfm IBCA Hall of Fame]</ref>
* 2004 – Elected to the "[[Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball#All-Century Team|Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team]]".
* September 13, 2008 – Honored as one of the thirty-three [[Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men%27s_basketball#Honored_jerseys|honored jerseys]] which hang in the [[State Farm Center]] to show regard for being the most decorated basketball players in the University of Illinois' history.
*September 22, 2018 – Inducted into the Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame<ref>[http://uillinois_microsites.sidearmsports.com/halloffame/chuckcarney.html Illinois Athletics Hall of Fame]</ref>

===Football===
* [[1920_College_Football_All-America_Team#Ends|1920]] – Consensus [[College_Football_All-America_Team|All-American]]
* [{{College Football HoF/url|id=1409}} 1966] – [[College Football Hall of Fame]]
* November 2, 1990 – Elected to [[Illinois_Fighting_Illini_football#All-century_team|Illinois Football All-Century Team]]

==Statistics==
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! width=40px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Season
! width=40px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Games
! width=40px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |[[Point (basketball)|Points]]
! width=40px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |[[Points per game|PPG]]
! width=100px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Big Ten <br/>Record
! width=100px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Overall <br/>Record
! width=250px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Highlight
|-
|[[1919–20 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|1919–20]]
|{{center|13}}
|{{center|206}}
|{{center|15.8}}
|{{center|{{sort|0804|8–4}}}}
|{{center|{{sort|0904|9–4}}}}
|[[1920 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans|First Team All-American]]
|-
|[[1920–21 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|1920–21]]
|{{center|8}}
|{{center|38}}
|{{center|4.75}}
|{{center|{{sort|0705|7–5}}}}
|{{center|{{sort|1107|11–7}}}}
|{{center|Pre-Season Injury}}
|-
|[[1921–22 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team|1921–22]]
|{{center|19}}
|{{center|258}}
|{{center|13.6}}
|{{center|{{sort|0705|7–5}}}}
|{{center|{{sort|1405|14–5}}}}
|[[Helms Foundation College Basketball Player of the Year|Player of the Year]]
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
|{{center|'''Totals'''}}
|{{center|'''40'''}}
|{{center|'''502'''}}
|{{center|'''12.6'''}}
|{{center|'''{{sort|2214|22–14}}'''}}
|{{center|'''{{sort|3416|34–16}}'''}}
|
|}

===Football===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! width=40px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Season
! width=200px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Position
! width=100px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Big Ten <br/>Record
! width=100px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Overall <br/>Record
! width=250px style="{{NCAA color cell|Illinois Fighting Illini}}; text-align:center" |Highlight
|-
|[[1918 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1918]]
|[[End (gridiron football)|End]], [[Punter (football)|Punter]]
|{{center|{{sort|0400|4–0}}}}
|{{center|{{sort|0502|5–2}}}}
|[[Big Ten]] [[List of Big Ten Conference football champions|co-champion]]
|-
|[[1919 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1919]]
|[[End (gridiron football)|End]], [[Punter (football)|Punter]]
|{{center|{{sort|0601|6–1}}}}
|{{center|{{sort|0601|6–1}}}}
|[[List of Big Ten Conference football champions|Big Ten]] & [[1919 college football season|National Champions]]
|-
|[[1920 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1920]]
|[[End (gridiron football)|End]], [[Punter (football)|Punter]]
|{{center|{{sort|0402|4–2}}}}
|{{center|{{sort|0502|5–2}}}}
|[[1920_College_Football_All-America_Team#Ends|Consensus All-American]]
|-
|[[1921 Illinois Fighting Illini football team|1921]]
|[[End (gridiron football)|End]], [[Punter (football)|Punter]]
|{{center|{{sort|0104|1–4}}}}
|{{center|{{sort|0304|3–4}}}}
|{{center|-}}
|-
|- class="sortbottom"
|{{center|'''Totals'''}}
|'''[[End (gridiron football)|End]], [[Punter (football)|Punter]]'''
|{{center|'''{{sort|1507|15–7}}'''}}
|{{center|'''{{sort|1909|19–9}}'''}}
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Portal|Biography}}
* {{College Football HoF|1409}}
* {{Footballstats |nfl= |espn= |cbs= |yahoo= |si= |pfr=C/CarnCh20 |rotoworld= }}

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