Charles and Donald, the oldest brothers, both spent time working in a rubber factory making tires. Hoak’s father worked in mills, too, making grenades and shells during the war and then picking up work wherever he could when it was over. After Dick’s senior year in high school, his father never found steady work again—the family got by with help from Dick’s brothers. Dick didn’t intend on doing hard labor; he wanted to teach and coach. He had the perfect temperament for it—never too impressed with his accomplishments; never too disappointed with failure. Even when he was drafted by the
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