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A man with strawberry blonde hair looks at the camera with a serious face.

A man with an orange singlet over a white t-shirt, fair hair and beard in front of two men, blue and red hoardings.
His scar visible, Harry Froling is relishing being back on court again.(ABC News: Tim Fernandez)
A man with light beard and hair in a white tshirt is on an indoor basketball court with a player and stands behind him
Harry Froling has spent six weeks training with his brother Sam's team, the Illawarra Hawks.(ABC News: Tim Fernandez)
A red and black basketball sits in focus in the foreground and blurred basketball players in the background on a wooden court
While recovering, Froling dreamed of playing in the NBL again.(ABC News: Baz Ruddick)

A father, son, twin sisters, mother and another son stand in a line in front of a garage door.
The Frolings. L to R, Shane, Harry, Alicia, Keely, Jenny and Sam.(Supplied)
Two girls and two boys sit in a hammock and hug each other.
The Froling kids all became professional basketball players.(Supplied)

A boy about age 3 sits in his pyjamas and holds a basketball.
A young Harry would shoot hoops well into the night.(Supplied)

A tall man with red hair prepares to shoot a basketball.
Brisbane's win against Illawarra was a real triumph after a tough patch.(Getty Images: Brett Hemmings)
A tall man with red hair bounces a ball and looks forward.
Harry Froling starred for the Bullets in a game against the Hawks, before heading out with some teammates for drinks.(Getty Images: Brett Hemmings)
A man with a pony tail and blonde hair pivots as he holds a basketball.
Harry played against his younger brother Sam that day, who is now in his sixth season with the Illawarra Hawks.(Getty Images: Brett Hemmings)

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A man with a light beard and shaved head lays on a hospital bed in pink hospital gown. He has medical paper and ink on face
Froling had part of his skull cut out to help drain a bleed on the brain.(Supplied: Harry Froling)
A shirtless man with a swollen face and partially shaven head lays on his side in a hospital bed, eyes closed.
He had 37 staples and now lives with three plates in his head.(Supplied: Harry Froling)

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Harry Froling playing College basketball in the USA
Froling playing college basketball for the SMU Mustangs in 2016.(Getty Images: Matthew Visinsky/Icon Sportswire)

A picture taken from above a basketball court, with three players on court looking to catch the ball.
Froling gets into the post for the Adelaide 36ers against New Zealand in 2019.(Getty Images: Anthony Au-Yeung)
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On the left there is a photo of a man lying in hospital, on the right, the same man's face is reflected off the screen
Froling put on weight and felt depressed in the aftermath of the incident.(ABC News: Baz Ruddick)

A portrait of a man with a moustache and navy blue shirt on.
Harry's lifelong friend Kai Woodfall.(ABC News: Mark Leonardi)

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A man bounces the ball around another man.
Harry Froling in action in 2019 for the Adelaide 36ers.(Getty Images: Anthony Au-Yeung)
A man walks onto a basketball court through smoke and smiles.
Froling enters the court for the Illawarra Hawks in Wollongong in 2022.(Getty Images: Mark Evans)

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Two men, one clean shaven with short brown hair and one with a beard and dark hair lean against a brown wall
Being surrounded by like-minded athletes has given Harry a lot of support.(ABC News: Baz Ruddick)

Two men, one with short light hair in a black shirt and the other with long dark hair and beard in blue shirt smile, arm in arm
Basketball brothers Harry and Sam Froling.(ABC News: Baz Ruddick)

Two men vie for the ball in the NBL.
Harry and Sam Froling during an NBL match between the Illawarra Hawks and Brisbane Bullets in 2022.(Getty Images: Mark Kolbe)

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