Charles Markey
Charlie grew up on the east side of Saginaw and became involved with
sports as a participant in the city recreation track meets. He also was a
softball player for Davis Drugs and played knothole hardball for Coates’
Tire. He attended Webber Junior High and Saginaw High School where he
excelled in football, wrestling and track. The 1968 SHS football team was
ranked in the top 5 in Class ‘A’ state rankings losing only one game to
the state champions, Midland. He played running back and inside
linebacker. He was named to every Allstate football team that year
including the Detroit Free Press Dream Team. He also ran track and
qualified for the state meet in the long-jump and 100 yd dash. He was
named SHS most valuable athlete after being awarded MVP in track and
sharing the honors with Ben Haller and Carl Ruth in football.
At Central Michigan University, Charlie was a three year letter winner in
football and was voted MVP by his teammates. He was also a 3rd team
Little-All-American while setting and holding the CMU single season
yardage record at 1,512 for 22 years until Brian Pruitt (AHHS) broke it
in 1994. He was inducted into the CMU Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.
Charlie also participated in slo-pitch softball and was named to the
Grand Blanc All Star teams in 1979 and 1980.
After graduation from CMU with chemistry major, Charlie began his career
with IBM in Sales and Marketing and recently retired as Vice President of
Solution Sales. He currently is a Managing Partner in IM1 Capital a real
estate investment LLC and resides in Midland.