17 Facts About Maurice Stokes

Maurice Stokes was an American professional basketball player.

Maurice Stokes was inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.

Maurice Stokes's father worked in a steel mill and his mother was a domestic.

When Maurice Stokes was age 8, the family moved to nearby Homewood, where he later attended Westinghouse High School.

Maurice Stokes did not start his first two years at Westinghouse, but in his last two years, he helped lead the Bulldogs to back-to-back city championships in 1950 and 1951.

Maurice Stokes attended and graduated from Saint Francis College in Loretto, Pennsylvania.

Maurice Stokes remains St Francis' all-time leading rebounder with 1,819 and is second in scoring with 2,282 points.

Maurice Stokes was later inducted in the St Francis University Athletic Hall of Fame.

Maurice Stokes was named an All-Star and All-NBA Second Team for all three seasons of his career.

Maurice Stokes was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September 2004.

Maurice Stokes is one of eight NBA players who have recorded four consecutive triple-doubles.

Maurice Stokes was revived with smelling salts and returned to the game.

Maurice Stokes later suffered a seizure and was left permanently paralyzed.

Maurice Stokes was diagnosed with post-traumatic encephalopathy, a brain injury that damaged his motor-control center.

Maurice Stokes adopted a grueling physical therapy regimen that eventually allowed him limited physical movement, and he eventually regained limited speaking ability.

Maurice Stokes' condition deteriorated through the 1960s and he was later transferred to Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, where Twyman continued to be a regular visitor.

Twelve years after his injury, Maurice Stokes died at age 36 from a heart attack on April 6,1970.