Elvin Hayes

Yet complicated, calm yet controversial, humble yet proud, sensitive yet thick-

Hided, meek before his God, but a fighter under the backboard.”(They call Me the

Elvin Hayes was born and raised in Rayville, Louisiana. Hayes is a unique individual who overcame his share of battles. When Hayes was born he wasn’t expected to live, because he was too weak and sickly to survive. “Hayes credits his father for getting him healthy, Hayes said his father pumped milk and food into him.” (They call me the Big E, 8) No one had any reason to believe that Hayes would be very tall, his tallest brothers and sisters were only 5-7. Elvin stayed weak up until his eleventh grade year, but then it became apparent we was going to take after his mother’s side, where some of his uncles were 6-7, 6-9, 6-11. Hayes was like any other young man growing up in the South, he picked cotton and stayed cleared of all violence and bloodshed. Hayes was very fortunate

They were drawing the maximum 25oo permitted in the confines of a public school gym on campus and 5500 at the HISD’s Delmar Fieldhouse. An independent at

Told management that if they wanted him to take the blame, they had to increase

His basketball for their knowledge”. (They call me the Big E 45)

Go around complaining that their school took advantage of them.”(They call

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