- Inducted into the Saint Francis University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1996.
- Played with the Rochester/Cincinnati Royals (1955-1958).
- Made NBA debut on 5 November 1955.
- Selected in the first round of the 1955 NBA draft (2nd pick overall) by the Rochester Royals.
- Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2004.
- In the last game of the regular season against the Minneapolis Lakers on 12 March 1958, Stokes drew contact as he drove to the basket and fell to the floor, hitting his head. He was unconscious for several minutes but was revived with smelling salts and returned to the game. Three days later, on the flight home after a first-round playoff game against the Detroit Pistons, he told a teammate, "I feel like I'm going to die." He later suffered a seizure, fell into a coma and was left permanently paralyzed. He was later diagnosed with "post-traumatic encephalopathy", a brain injury that damaged his motor control functions.
- Inducted into the Cambria County [Pennslyvania] Sports Hall of Fame in 1965 (inaugural class).
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