Heart attack can't stop Stallworth
By FRED McMANE
UPI Sports Writer
NEW YORK—Nobody can ever accuse Dave Stallworth of not having enough heart.
The former All-America basketball star from Wichita State University will be attempting something this winter which requires a lot of heart. He will be trying a comeback with the New York Knickerbockers after an absence of two years during which time many doubted he would ever play professional basketball again.
Actually, Stallworth's heart is liberally responsible for his come-back. He suffered a heart attack during the 1966-67 campaign and was advised by doctors to forget about the strenuous life of the National Basketball Association and settle for something less taxing.
The doctors told him that he could continue to play basketball but not on a rigorous schedule. Saddened by the decision, Stallworth followed his doctors' orders only to find out two years of rest has strengthened his heart to the point that doctors have given him the green light to resume his old profession.
"It was always in the back of my mind that I'd be able to play pro ball again," Stallworth said by phone the other day from his parents' home in Compton, Calif. "I took the advice of my physician, who said there was little risk in my coming back. There is always a chance something might happen, but the risk is minute. I'm positive I can make it back."
Yet, Dave can still recall that day when the doctors told him he would have to quit pro basketball for his own good.
"My reaction was the typical reaction anyone would take. Naturally, I was hurt. But then !
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LOS ANGELES (UPI)—Kansas University's 1968 All-American defensive end John Zook went from Los Angeles to Atlanta via Philadelphia Monday in a multi-player, three-team trade.
The Los Angeles Rams sent Zook and wide receiver Harold Jackson to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for fullback Izzy Lang.
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realized that if it happened, it happened. You can't let it be the end of the world."
During his two-year absence from the NBA, Stallworth has been busy working with the poverty program and doing some school work, but still has found time to get in some basketball on the playgrounds of Wichita.
"The team physician told me I could play but not to get over-exhausted. I played mostly in summer leagues," he says.
Dave, who was becoming an integral part of the Knicks team before his misfortune, has seen the new Knicks play only a few times on television but likes what he sees and can't wait to get back into action.
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"On the playgrounds of Wichita, I got into some pretty good one-on-one games and I've been going pretty hard the last few weeks. But in New York I'll be able to go all out and really participate," says Dave.
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now, and they have one of the best floor leaders in the game in Walt Frazier. They seem to be a lot more confident in themselves," says the 6-foot-7 inch forward, who remembers when things weren't quite so pleasant on the court of Madison Square Garden.
"I haven't had a chance to sit down and talk with Red Holzman yet, but I'm anxious to. I'll be coming to New York next month to participate in a summer league and I hope to get to see them then."
fellow pros like Willis Reed and Emmette Bryant and should get a general idea about his chances for a successful comeback.
The 27-year-old Stallworth doesn't think the two years he missed is going to hurt him very much. He doesn't feel he will have to make much of an adjustment, as, say, Bill Bradley did
when he came into the league after missing two seasons as a Rhodes scholar.
"Our situations aren't really the same. I have participated in pro basketball before, whereas Bradley had not. He was going into something new, and I'm not. There will be a few adjustments to make, but they will be minor," said Stallworth.
A big test for Stallworth should come next month in the New York playgrounds. There he will be playing against some
Dave Stallworth always had the head and hands for pre basketball. It appears he has the heart again, too.
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