RIP to an NBA legend and humanitarian

Drip · Jun 4, 2012

Gold said:

Colton said:

Loved Newberry's column.

This tale would make a wonderful movie.

RIP to a true superstar of a person.
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A movie (it might have been a television movie) was made about it in the 1970s. I think Bernie Casey, a former pro football player turned actor, played Stokes.
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Starman said:

Baron Scicluna said:

Twyman's death, and Stokes' paralysis also shows how lousy medical care was for athletes back then. Stokes got knocked out, they gave him some smelling salts, he woke up and stayed in the game. Then he flew with the team and played in a playoff game before feeling awful and ending up in the coma.

Today, they would have stretchered him out and had him undergo a battery of tests before letting him play.
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Not to mention the fact that Twyman even HAD to organize benefit games and file court petitions to become Stokes' legal guardian, to enable him to get medical coverage, which he was not going to get otherwise.
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The movie was very good. And yes, things have come a long way since then.

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