Friday, June 1, 2012

Former UC, Royals star Jack Twyman dead at 78

1962: Maurice Stokes (left) and Jack Twyman are shown in Stokes' hospital room with the trophies they received from the Philadelphia Sports Writers Association designating them as the "Most Courageous Athletes." Twyman, one of the NBA's top scorers in the 1950s, became the guardian to Stokes, a teammate who was paralyzed. Twyman died Wednesday at age 78.

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