Great teams are almost always led by great players, and former YSU basketball player, Charlie Moore, was an outstanding basketball player. The point guard on some of the best teams in Youngstown State University basketball history, Moore proved that you did not have to have great numbers to be considered a great player.
Moore started during his freshman year at Youngstown College. He was named co-captain his junior and senior year. He led his teams to two Ohio Small College Championships, one during the 56-57 season and then again in 1957-58. Both years the team went to the quarterfinals of the NAIA Tournament in Kansas City, Mo., The overall record for the 1956-57 season was 23-4, which was the school record for many years.
Moore played on teams that included Hall of Fame members Tony Knott, Herb Lake, Mickey Yugovich, and Bob Atterholt. All of these players were receiving passes from Moore and, although records of assists were not kept during his career, he would have been leading the statistics for assists.
Moore was known as "The Maximum Silencer" because of his defensive skills on the court due to his defensive specialty, Moore was always assigned to guard the other team's best scorer, and was usually successful at his task of keeping their best scorer under his average. During his four year career, Moore scored 572 points fora career scoring average of 6.9 points per game. He averaged 9.1 points per game during the 1956-57 season.
Upon graduation from Youngstown College with a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration, Moore served in the military from 1959-1962. While in the military, he continued to play basketball and was named his team's most valuable player after winning the USRAL Command Championship two years in grow.
After five years with the US Postal Service, Moore began a career with General Motors as a supervisor in the security department at the Lordstown Plant. He also owned and operated the Ivy Office Supply Company from 1969-70 and sold real estate for 15 years with the G. L. Thomas Real Estate Agency. In 1992, he retired from General Motors after twenty-six and a half years.
Moore was one of the founders and the original chairman of the Sharonline Reunion Committee, and served as a board member for the Youngstown Area Urban League. He also spent nine months as a volunteer at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA, serving on the opening and closing ceremonies committees.
Now retired, Moore resides in Naples, Fla., with his wife, Bernice Gatewood Moore.
