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Playing for the Rochester Royals (which became the Cincinnati Royals) from 1955 to 1958, Stokes grabbed 38 rebounds in a single game during his rookie season, averaged 16.3 rebounds per game, and was named NBA Rookie of the Year. The next season, he set an NBA record for most rebounds in a single season with 1,256 (17.4 rebounds per game). In the last game of the 1957-58 season, he fell to the floor, hit his head, and was knocked unconscious. Stokes fell into a coma and was left permanently paralyzed. During the years that followed, Stokes was supported by his lifelong friend and teammate Jack Twyman. He died at 36 years of age of a heart attack. His story was made into the film Maurie (called Big Mo in video release) in 1973. The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team based in Sacramento, California. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Kennedy “Jack†Twyman (born May 11, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former professional basketball player. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ...
Stokes played in the NBA All-Star Game all three years of his career, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team three times. He was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 2004.
MauriceStokes was a genteel, soft-spoken guy off the basketball court, prone to wearing tweed sportcoats and horn-rimmed glasses (one contemporary account compared his looks to Calypso singer Harry Belafonte), but on the basketball court he was one of the roughest, most hard-nosed competitors of his day.
Maurice was born on June 17, 1933, to a poor family in Rankin, Pennsylvania.
Stokes' brain was swollen, and the change in cabin pressure on the flight had worsened it to the point of death.
MauriceStokes (born June 17, 1933 in Rankin, Pennsylvania – died April 6, 1970 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was a professional basketball player in the 1950s, whose promising career was cut short by a debilitating injury.
At Stokes' request, he was buried in a cemetery on the campus of Saint Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania.
Stokes played in the NBA All-Star Game all three years of his career, and was named to the All-NBA Second Team three times.
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