# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-hardnett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:43:44.371Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-hardnett"
name: "Charles Hardnett"
slug: "charles-hardnett"
description: "Charles \"Charlie Red\" Hardnett was an American basketball player who played three seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The 6' 8\" power forward played for Carver High School Atlanta. He played college basketball for Grambling State University from 1959 to 1963. Hardnett earned All-America honors in 1962. He was also the NAIA Basketball Tournament MVP in 1961. Hardnett was drafted in the third round of the 1962 NBA draft by the St. Louis Hawks. He played for the Chicago Zephyrs / Baltimore Bullets (NBA) from 1962 to 1965. Hardnett also coached at the college level. He coached at Coppin State College (Baltimore) from 1970 to 1974, and at Morris Brown College (Atlanta) from 1974 to 1980."
tagline: "American basketball coach (1938–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Hardnett_Zephyrs_1962.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Basketball Players"
  slug: "basketball-players"
profileType:
  name: "Basketball Player"
  slug: "basketball-player"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3665646"
birthDate: "1938-09-13"
deathDate: "2019-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.10344827586207
  historical:           6.338733333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "查理·哈德尼特"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hardnett"
    title: "Charles Hardnett"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hardnett"
    title: "Charles Hardnett"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Hardnett"
    title: "Charlie Hardnett"
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    title: "Charles Hardnett"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump