Charles William Shipp (December 3, 1913 – March 21, 1988) was an American professional basketball player and coach.
A 6'1" guard-forward, Shipp attended Cathedral High School in Indianapolis, where he led the Irish to the National Catholic Championship in 1933.Charles W. Shipp at Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame. Shipp played thirteen seasons (1937–1950) in the NBL and NBA as a member of the Akron Wingfoots, Oshkosh All-Stars, Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons, Anderson Packers, and Waterloo Hawks. During the 1949-50 NBA season, he served as a player-coach for the Waterloo Hawks, posting an 8–27 record.BBALLsports Statistical Database. He made five All-NBL First Teams (1937–38, 1939–43) and two All-NBL Second Teams (1938–39 and 1943–44).
Shipp and Oshkosh All-Stars star player Leroy Edwards were also the only two players to end up playing in all twelve seasons of the National Basketball League (as well as its two precursor seasons in the Midwest Basketball Conference) before it merged operations with the Basketball Association of America to become the National Basketball Association, with Shipp being able to play in the NBA for the Waterloo Hawks following the merger., pp. 226–227
Career playing statistics Legend GP Games played FGM Field-goals made FG% Field-goal percentage FTM Free-throws made FTA Free-throws attempted FT% Free-throw percentage APG Assists per game PTS Points PPG Points per game Bold Career high
†Denotes seasons in which Edwards's team won an NBL championship*Led the league‡Denotes NBL record
NBL Source Regular season
| style="text-align:left;"| 1937–38 | style="text-align:left;"| Akron G. W. | 16 || 38 || 14 || || || 90 || 5.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1938–39 | style="text-align:left;"| Akron G. W. | 24 || 59 || 24 || || || 142 || 5.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1939–40 | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | style="background:#afdc5c;"|28* || 74 || 26 || 59 || .441 || 174 || 6.2 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1940–41† | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | 22 || 46 || 21 || 38 || .553 || 113 || 5.1 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1941–42† | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | style="background:#afdc5c;"|24* || 70 || 38 || 53 || .717 || 178 || 7.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1942–43 | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | 23 || 52 || 36 || 67 || .537 || 140 || 6.1 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1943–44 | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | 20 || 57 || 36 || || || 150 || 7.5 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1944–45† | style="text-align:left;"| Fort Wayne | style="background:#afdc5c;"|30* || 31 || 16 || || || 78 || 2.6 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1945–46 | style="text-align:left;"| Fort Wayne | style="background:#afdc5c;"|34* || 42 || 14 || 24 || .583 || 98 || 2.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1946–47 | style="text-align:left;"| Anderson | 30 || 77 || 47 || 67 || .701 || 201 || 6.7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1946–47 | style="text-align:left;"| Fort Wayne | 14 || 12 || 11 || 16 || .688 || 35 || 2.5 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1947–48 | style="text-align:left;"| Anderson | 55 || 103 || 63 || 95 || .663 || 269 || 4.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1948–49 | style="text-align:left;"| Waterloo | 56 || 104 || 59 || 90 || .656 || 267 || 4.8 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | style="background:#b8c6c1;"|376‡ || 765 || 405 || 509 || .619 || 1,935 || 5.1
Playoffs
| style="text-align:left;"| 1938 | style="text-align:left;"| Akron G. W. | 5 || 5 || 7 || || || 17 || 3.4 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1940 | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | style="background:#afdc5c;"|8* || 13 || 12 || || || 38 || 4.8 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1941† | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | 5 || 7 || 6 || || || 20 || 4.0 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa;"| 1942† | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | 4 || 5 || 6 || || || 16 || 4.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1943 | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | 2 || 4 || 2 || || || 10 || 5.0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1944 | style="text-align:left;"| Oshkosh | 3 || 3 || 7 || || || 13 || 4.3 |- | style="text-align:left;background:#ffe6fa"| 1945† | style="text-align:left;"| Fort Wayne | 7 || 4 || 5 || || || 13 || 1.9 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1946 | style="text-align:left;"| Fort Wayne | 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || .000 || 0 || .0 |- | style="text-align:left;"| 1948 | style="text-align:left;"| Anderson | 2 || 2 || 3 || 4 || .750 || 7 || 3.5 |- |style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|Career | 40 || 43 || 48 || 5 || .600 || 134 || 3.4
NBA Source Regular season YearTeamGPFG%FT%APGPPG1949–50Waterloo23.255.7252.04.7
Head coaching record
| style="text-align:left;"|Waterloo | style="text-align:left;"| | 35||8||27|||| style="text-align:center;"|(replaced)||—||—||—||— | style="text-align:center;"|—
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