Charles C. Jordan (January 31, 1954 – November 10, 2023) was an American professional

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player who played for one season for the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA).Charles Jordan NBA stats
basketball-reference.com. Retrieved on September 2, 2014. He then spent the remainder of his career overseas, including stops in France and Italy. Jordan played

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for the

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. He did not play his senior year at Canisius University because the

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declared both he and

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ineligible for having received "improper financial aid" sometime during his career at the school. Jordan played one year with the Indiana Pacers in the ABA in 1975–76. He also briefly coached at a university in Spain. Jordan's younger brother, C.J., played college basketball as a point guard for the

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. Jordan died on November 10, 2023, at the age of 69.

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