Charles "Chuck" Carney (August 25, 1900 – September 5, 1984) was an American football

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 and basketball

Basketball

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 player. As an end and receiver, he played football for the University of Illinois

Illinois Fighting Illini football

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 from 1918-1921. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame

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 in 1966. Carney was also a two-time All-American (1920, 1922) member of the University of Illinois men's basketball team

Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball

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 from 1920-1922. He was elected to the Illini Men's Basketball All-Century Team in January of 2005. Carney became the first Big Ten athlete to be named a football and basketball All-American. He was named Helms Foundation National Player of the Year for basketball in 1922.

After leaving Illinois, Carney served as end coach at Northwestern

Northwestern Wildcats football

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, Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers football

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, and Harvard

Harvard Crimson football

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 before entering the investment banking business as a New York Stock Exchange

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representative for the firm of Dominick and Dominick.