Coach Chuck Granby Way (Queens)
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Location:At the north side of 116th Avenue and Francis Lewis Boulevard
Honoree: Charles ‘Chuck’ Granby (1934-2016) was a renowned figure in New York City basketball. In 45 years as a coach at Campus Magnet High School, long known as Andrew Jackson, in Cambria Heights, he had 722 victories and coached a number of future NBA players. His teams won 24 division titles and 7 borough titles in the New York Public Schools Athletic League. Between 1972 and 1985, his teams did not lose a home game. After serving in the US Army, Granby enrolled at Bradley University in Illinois in 1958. As a basketball player there, he was on a team that won the National Invitation Tournament in 1960. He was inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of Fame in 2012. (Miller)
LL:2017/45