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Stanley Wilson, Sr. was an American professional football player, a running back, for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals. He attended college at the University of Oklahoma and selected by the Bengals in the ninth round of the 1983 NFL Draft. Primarily used as a fullback, Wilson's career was marred by two suspensions for use of a banned substance, cocaine, in 1985 and 1987. Wilson's suspensions cost him both the 1985 and 1987 seasons in their entirety.

Inarguably, the most notorious instance of Wilson's relapse into cocaine usage was on the eve of Super Bowl XXIII, where the Bengals were to play the San Francisco 49ers. On the evening of January 21, 1989, Stanley Wilson was found on the floor of his Miami hotel room by running backs coach Jim Anderson. Wilson was unconscious. Bengals head coach Sam Wyche had little choice but to leave him off the roster.

Later, Stanley Wilson was permanently banned from the NFL.

In the years after his relapse and banishment, Wilson was in and out of rehabilitation on several occasions. In 1999, he was convicted of stealing $130,000 in property from a Beverly Hills, California home to support his habit. He was sentenced to 22 years in Lancaster, California state prison for burglary. During his trial, Wilson's lawyer contended that Wilson suffers from bipolar disorder.

His son, Stanley Wilson, Jr., who was five years of age in 1989, was taken to the game by his paternal grandparents. Later, Wilson, Jr. attended Stanford University on scholarship as a running back, but was later moved to cornerback. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft.

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