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Classic Sports Card of The Day

12 Nov

From www.CheckOutMyCards.com , this is a 1961 Fleer “in action” basketball card of Jack Twyman of the old Cincinnati Royals. A product of the University of Cincinnati, Twyman started his 11 year  NBA career with the Rochester Royals and returned to his college roots when that franchise moved to the southern Ohio city. A six-time NBA all-star, Twyman had a great career, and was voted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1983, but he is best remembered for his relationship with teammate Maurice Stokes. Stokes became paralyzed when he suffered a head injury in the final game of the 1958 season, and Twyman took it upon himself to organize fundraisers to help with Stokes’ medical care. He went so far as to become Stokes’ legal guardian, an amazing gesture considering Stokes was African American, and segregation and racial discrimination were an accepted way of  life in those times. Twyman’s charitable efforts continued after Stokes’ death, as his foundation raised money to help needy former players from the game’s early years, and continue to this day in the form of a charity golf tournament featuring NBA players. Twyman also was an NBA broadcast analyst at one time, working alongside Chris Schenkel on ABC telecasts in the 1960s and ’70s.

 

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