Michael Brooks, ex Limoges star, dies at 58

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23/Aug/16 13:29

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Michael Brooks passed away at the age of 58 on Monday

By Eurohoops team / info@eurohoops.net

Michael Brooks passed away at the age of 58 on Monday.

Brooks, a standout forward at West Catholic High School who scored 2,628 points during his standout career at La Salle University (then La Salle College), suffered a massive stroke Monday during a hospital stay near his home in Switzerland, as his sister Aleta Arthurs stated.

Brooks had aplastic anemia, a syndrome that attacks the bone marrow and immune system. He was diagnosed in 2011, and he had entered the hospital late last week for a bone-marrow transplant to treat his condition.

Brooks was the NCAA national player of the year for the 1979-80 season, averaging 24.1 points and 11.5 rebounds per game for the Explorers, and was named the captain of the 1980 United States Olympic men’s basketball team. The team never competed in the Olympics because of President Jimmy Carter’s decision to boycott the Moscow Games.

After playing six seasons in the NBA, Brooks moved to France in 1988 to play professionally and lived in Europe, working most recently as a coach with Blonay in Switzerland.

 

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