Having grown up in the Logan Heights section of San Diego and the Cakes Boys Club on Marcy Ave., the oldest boy in a family of six brothers and three sisters, Charlie earned three varsity letters each in football, basketball, baseball and track at San Diego High. The State Football Player of the year in 1950. Some people reckon he is the greatest prep athlete ever to come out of San Diego, but he won't enter that debate. "I've heard that.-' he says.