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Charles "Chuck" Neller, basketball. Neller was one of the key members of the Tech basketball teams in the mid 1950's. A center and forward, Neller scored 20 points in his first game as a freshman, and continued that pace his entire career. He was a key member of the 1954-55 Hardrocker team that captured the school's first ever conference basketball championship. Neller held almost every Tech basketball record at the time of his graduation and was the school's all-time scoring leader. At the time of his induction, he was eight on the all-time scoring list with 1,458 points.