From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (main entry)
Stone, George E.
(born: February 9, 1946 - died: December 30, 1993)Stone was born in Murray, KY. A 6'7" forward, he played basketball at William Grant High School in Covington, KY.
Stone was an outstanding player who earned a scholarship in 1964 to Marshall University in Huntington, WV. In 1967 the Marshall team defeated Nebraska in the second round of the NIT; George Stone scored 46 points, a record for most individual points in an NIT game in Madison Square Garden. He was the Marshall University's 9th all-time leading rebounder. In 1999, Stone was inducted into the Marshall University Athletics Hall of Fame and named to the 1st team of the All-Century Marshall University Basketball Team.
Stone's professional basketball career began in 1968 with the Los Angeles Stars, an ABA team, for whom he played in 74 games, leading the team in scoring for the season with 1,328 points. His playing career ended in 1972 with the Utah Stars, also an ABA team. In total, Stone played in 259 games and scored 3,530 points in the ABA.
After his basketball career, Stone lived in Columbus, Ohio, living there until he died in 1993 of a heart attack at the age of 47.
For more see "Here is the Daily Mail's list of Marshall University's 10 biggest," Charleston Daily Mail, 7/8/1999; "Cleaning the boards," Charleston Daily Mail, 1/17/2000; "Old Seminary Square basketball court's new namesake is Covington hoops legend," Northern Kentucky Tribune, 9/29/2018; "City Playground's new namesake Stone a hoops legend," City of Covington website, 9/27/2018; and George Stone in Basketball-Reference.com.