Michael Brooks, a former La Salle star who was the NABC National Player of the Year in 1980, died Monday in Switzerland after suffering a "massive stroke," according to The Philadelphia Inquirer.
He was 58 years old.
Brooks scored 2,628 points in his college career and was a consensus First Team All-American in 1980 along with Louisville's Darrell Griffith, Purdue's Joe Barry Carroll, Kentucky's Kyle Macy and DePaul's Mark Aguirre. Brooks, a 6-foot-7 forward, remains one of the top 30 scorers in NCAA history. The Clippers selected Brooks ninth overall -- or six spots behind Celtics legend Kevin McHale -- in the 1980 NBA Draft.