Tuesday, March 12, 2019

On This Date in Minnesota History: March 12

March 12, 1958 – “Cincinnati Royals player Maurice Stokes, in a game against the Lakers at [the] Minneapolis Auditorium, falls hard on a drive to the basket. Days later, Stokes loses consciousness and falls into a coma for weeks. He is left a quadriplegic after being diagnosed with post-traumatic encephalopathy.”1

“Stokes suffered a long-term effects the remainder of his life and succumbed from a heart attack on April 6th, 1970. He was inducted posthumously into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.”2
1http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/07/part-2-150-minnesota-moments-wed-just-soon-forget

2
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7792486



Maurice Stokes

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7792486
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