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{{Short description|American basketball player (born 1973)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = David Vaughn
| image = 
| width = 
| caption = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|03|23}}
| birth_place = [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], U.S.
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 240
| high_school = Whites Creek<br>([[Whites Creek, Tennessee]])
| college = [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|Memphis]] (1991–1995)
| draft_year = 1995
| draft_round = 1
| draft_pick = 25
| draft_team = [[Orlando Magic]]
| career_start = 1995
| career_end = 2003
| career_position = [[Power forward]]
| career_number = 42, 34, 50
| years1 = {{nbay|1995|start}}–{{nbay|1996|end}}
| team1 = [[Orlando Magic]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1997|full=y}}
| team2 = [[Golden State Warriors]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1997|end}}
| team3 = [[Chicago Bulls]]
| years4 = {{nbay|1997|end}}–{{nbay|1998|end}}
| team4 = [[New Jersey Nets]]
| years5 = 1998–1999
| team5 = [[Near East BC|Near East]]
| years6 = {{nbay|1998|end}}
| team6 = New Jersey Nets
| years7 = 1999–2000
| team7 = [[Cantabria Baloncesto|Cantabria Lobos]]
| years8 = 2000–2001
| team8 = Near East
| years9 = 2001
| team9 = [[Viola Reggio Calabria]]
| years10 = 2002–2003
| team10 = [[G.S. Olympia Larissa B.C.|G.S. Olympia Larissa]]
| highlights =
* First-team All-[[Great Midwest Conference|Great Midwest]] (1994)
* Second-team All-Great Midwest (1995)
* Great Midwest All-Newcomer team (1992)
* Third-team [[Parade All-America Boys Basketball Team|''Parade'' All-American]] (1991)
| stats_league = NBA
| stat1label = [[Point (basketball)|Points]]
| stat1value = 341 (2.9 ppg)
| stat2label = [[Rebound (basketball)|Rebounds]]
| stat2value = 361 (3.1 rpg)
}}
'''David Vaughn III''' (born March 23, 1973) is an American retired professional [[basketball]] player.

Born in [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], Vaughn attended Whites Creek High School in Tennessee, and was a ''USA Today'' All-USA First-Team selection.<ref>{{cite web |title=USATODAY.com - Career NBA stats for All-USA honorees |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketba/2002-05-08-nba-stats2.htm |website=usatoday30.usatoday.com |access-date=June 1, 2021 |date=May 7, 2002}}</ref> He was later drafted out of the [[Memphis Tigers men's basketball|University of Memphis]] by the [[Orlando Magic]] in the first round (25th overall) of the [[1995 NBA draft]]. A {{height|ft=6|in=9}} forward, Vaughn played four seasons in the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) from 1995 to 1999. He played for the Magic, [[Golden State Warriors]], [[Chicago Bulls]] and [[New Jersey Nets]].

In his NBA career, Vaughn played in 118 games and scored a total of 341 points.

After leaving the NBA, he played in Europe, then returned to Orlando. Having saved little money from his NBA playing days, he worked a number of blue-collar jobs, and for a time in 2008 was living out of his car. In 2009, his friends held a fundraiser for him. "I bought houses that were too big and too many luxurious cars. I wish I'd have lived more simply because I'd be better off. [...] I appreciate people stepping forward. It'll help me put some of my life back together," he said in an interview.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Joe |title=Ex-NBA player David Vaughn's fall after NBA riches |url=https://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/ex-nba-player-david-vaughn-s-fall-after-nba-riches-1.1560265 |website=Newsday |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210601155119/https://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/ex-nba-player-david-vaughn-s-fall-after-nba-riches-1.1560265 |archive-date=June 1, 2021 |date=October 30, 2009}}</ref>

As of September 2009, Vaughn was supporting his wife and their two children in southwest [[Orlando, Florida]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Povtak |first1=Tim |title=NBA Washout David Vaughn Back From The Depths of Despair |url=http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/09/04/nba-washout-david-vaughn-back-from-the-depths-of-despair/ |website=nba.fanhouse.com |access-date=June 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090907082749/http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/09/04/nba-washout-david-vaughn-back-from-the-depths-of-despair/ |archive-date=September 7, 2009 |date=September 4, 2009}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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{{1995 NBA draft}}

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