Former NBL player Harry Froling is hoping to defy the odds to return to the court after he suffered a brain injury in a one-punch assault. His attacker was jailed for more than a year for the attack outside a nightclub in Wollongong.
Former NBL player Harry Froling says his identity was "ripped" from him after a one-punch attack ended his professional basketball career.
The subsequent head injury left the 26-year-old with a fractured skull and multiple haematomas, or bleeding of the brain. "My whole identity was ripped from me by someone making a stupid and aggressive decision on a night out when both parties could have simply walked away."According to the agreed facts, the encounter with Mesinez occurred at about 2:30am outside Heyday nightclub in the Wollongong CBD.He re-entered the building a short time later.Froling was dancing near a group of girls including Mesinez's girlfriend, who told him to go away after he tapped her on the head.
He had blood coming out of his right ear and was slurring his speech and police initially believed he was drunk and had fallen over.
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