20 celebrities you didn’t know have received an organ transplant (With Pictures)

14. Sean Elliott

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Another NBA player on this list is Sean Elliott. He is a former San Antonio Spurs player who continued playing the sport he loved, the one he grew up playing with a fervent passion, even though he had also been dealing with kidney disease. His was similar to that which ultimately sidelined Alonzo Mourning, segmental glomerulosclerosis. He received a kidney from his older brother Noel on August 16, 1999. On March 13 the following year, Sean Elliot became the first player in the history of the NBA to return following a kidney transplant.