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TexasTowelie

(116,765 posts)
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 05:55 AM Nov 2016

Charles Barkley pledges 1 million to Alabama college, but it's not Auburn

Auburn legend Charles Barkley is giving back to his home state.

Barkely, the Auburn basketball All-American who went on to NBA stardom, announced today on WJOX radio in Birmingham that he's giving $1 million apiece to Alabama A&M University in Huntsville and another $1 million to Clark Atlanta, another historically black university.

Barkley played at Auburn from 1981-84 and averaged 14.1 points, 9.6 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game during his career.

He played in the NBA and played for the Philadelphia 76ers, Phoenix Suns and Houston Rockets over a 16-year professional career in which he averaged 22.1 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game. Barkley was an 11-time NBA All-Star and the MVP of the league in 1993. Auburn retired his No. 34 jersey in 2001.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/11/charles_barkely_giving_1_millo.html

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Charles Barkley pledges 1 million to Alabama college, but it's not Auburn (Original Post) TexasTowelie Nov 2016 OP
Headline doesn't make sense. He did pledge to Auburn. Ilsa Nov 2016 #1
Barkley has given to Auburn in the past. TexasTowelie Nov 2016 #2
My great-grandparents were alumni of Atlanta U (now Clark-Atlanta University) BumRushDaShow Nov 2016 #3

Ilsa

(62,238 posts)
1. Headline doesn't make sense. He did pledge to Auburn.
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 06:08 AM
Nov 2016

And Clark Atlanta University is in Atlanta, GA, not AL.

Good on him for doing so.

TexasTowelie

(116,765 posts)
2. Barkley has given to Auburn in the past.
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 06:14 AM
Nov 2016

This recent announcement was a donation to Alabama A&M. FWIW, I have a friend that is a professor at Auburn and I'm certain he would be thrilled if Barkley made another donation to the university.

BumRushDaShow

(142,278 posts)
3. My great-grandparents were alumni of Atlanta U (now Clark-Atlanta University)
Wed Nov 30, 2016, 07:48 AM
Nov 2016

in the early 1880s. Good to see some $$$ going to the HBCUs!

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