Darryl Dawkins was larger than life. As a self-described "football player" who just happened to play basketball, the man known as "Chocolate Thunder" was a force to be reckoned with from the moment the Philadelphia 76ers selected him with the fifth overall pick in the 1975 NBA Draft.
"Dawkins was an incredible physical specimen," said Bob Costas in an interview with SLAM Magazine. "He was 6-11 and 275 pounds and no one had seen anything like him to that point. He was a manchild and everyone was actually terrified of him.