Charlie Ward

Charlie Ward ( born October 12, 1970 in Thomasville, Georgia ) is a retired American professional basketball and American football player. As quarterback of the Florida State University, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1993 in college football. However, he decided against a career in the National Football League ( NFL), and instead chose a career as a basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

In the NBA Draft in 1994 voted him the New York Knicks as 26 players in the first round. On the side of Patrick Ewing Ward reached with the Knicks, the NBA Finals in 1999, where they lost to the San Antonio Spurs.

In January 2004, the Knicks Charlie Ward exchanged - along with Antonio McDyess, Howard Eisley, Maciej lamp, the rights to Milos Vujanic, two first-round draft rights and money - to the Phoenix Suns. In return, the Knicks Stephon Marbury, Penny Hardaway and Cezary Trybanski received. Just one day after this exchange Ward was dismissed from the Suns. A few days later, he moved to the San Antonio Spurs, for whom he played until the end of the season.

Before the season 2004/ 05 he moved to the Houston Rockets, where he began his professional career ended in 2005.