Maurice Stokes (June 17, 1933 – April 6, 1970) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the Cincinnati/Rochester Royals of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1955 to 1958. Stokes was a three-time NBA All-Star, a three-time All-NBA Second Team member and the 1956 NBA Rookie of the Year. His career – and later ...

On April 6, 1970, Stokes died of a heart attack. At his request, he was buried at St. Francis. Maurice Stokes was 36. In September 2004, he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Maurice Stokes. In 1958, Maurice Stokes was an up-and-coming basketball superstar and one of the first players in history to combine great speed with exceptional size and strength.

Feb 16, 2022 · Although his basketball heyday was short, Maurice Stokes did some masonry for the NBA of 2022 and beyond. Standing 6 foot 7 and listed generously at 230 pounds, Stokes had the size to play...

On March 15, 1958, the Cincinnati Royals lost to Detroit in the playoffs. After the game, the Royals watched their power forward Maurice Stokes throw up in the toilet. The guys figured Stokes was drunk. He’d had a couple of beers — everyone had. When the Royals’ owner walked by, they thought, Christ, don’t let him see Mo like this ...

Feb 19, 2024 · Maurice Stokes, a basketball prodigy, suffered a tragic injury during a 1958 NBA game, resulting in being paralyzed for 12 years before passing away in 1970.

Stokes entered the NBA in 1955 as the second-overall pick out of St. Francis University. While in college, Stokes averaged more than 20 points and 20 rebounds en route...

Maurice Stokes’ career was one of the most tragic in the history of basketball. After leading Pittsburgh’s Westinghouse High School to a pair of City championships, the 6-foot-7, 235-pound Stokes played brilliantly for St. Francis College.

Apr 7, 1970 · Maurice Stokes, the Cincin nati Royals' basketball star whose career was cut short in 1958 when he was stricken with encephalitis, died yesterday of a heart ailment.