[Ohio-Communities-of-Faith] FW: Strongest Dad in the World

Fri Apr 16 23:15:20 UTC 2021

From: Larry Perry <larryperry at performancepress.ccsend.com> On Behalf Of Larry Perry
Sent: Friday, April 16, 2021 8:11 AM
To: mmoore11 at kent.edu
Subject: EXT: Strongest Dad in the World

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Letter from Larry

Friday

April 16, 2021

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Good Morning Everyone:

Team Hoyt is father and son Dick Hoyt (born June 1, 1940) 

and Rick Hoyt (born January 10, 1962), from Holland, Massachusetts, 

who have competed together in various athletic endeavors,

including marathons and Ironman Triathlons. Rick has cerebral 

palsy and during competition Dick pulls Rick in a special boat 

as they swim, carries him in a special seat in the front of a bicycle, 

and pushes him in a special wheelchair as they run. Team Hoyt 

was inducted to the Ironman Hall of Fame in 2008. I thought you 

would like to hear about a very special relationship between a father 

and his son.

Strongest Dad in the World 

                                [From Sports Illustrated] 

I try to be a good father. Give my kids mulligans. 

Work nights to pay for their text messaging. Take

them to swimsuit shoots. But compared with Dick

Hoyt, I suck. 

Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son,

Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times he's

not only pushed him 26.2 miles in a wheelchair but

also towed him 2.4 miles in a dinghy while

swimming and pedaled him 112 miles in a seat on

the handlebars-- all in the same day. 

Dick's also pulled him cross-country skiing, taken

him on his back mountain climbing and once hauled

him across the U.S. on a bike. Makes taking your

son bowling look a little lame, right? 

And what has Rick done for his father? Not

much--except save his life.

This love story began in Winchester, Mass. 54

years ago, when Rick was strangled by the

umbilical cord during birth, leaving him

brain-damaged and unable to control his limbs.

``He'll be a vegetable the rest of his life;''

Dick says doctors told him and his wife, Judy,

when Rick was nine months old. ``Put him in an 

institution. '' 

But the Hoyts weren't buying it. They noticed the

way Rick's eyes followed them around the room.

When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering

department at Tufts University and asked if there

was anything to help the boy communicate. ``No 

way,'' Dick say he was told. ``There's nothing 

going on in his brain.'' 

"Tell him a joke,'' Dick countered. They did. Rick 

laughed. Turns out a lot was going on in his

brain. 

Rigged up with a computer that allowed him to

control the cursor by touching a switch with the

side of his head, Rick was finally able to

communicate. First words? Team Hoyt is father and 

son, Dick Hoyt, (born June 1, 1940) and Rick Hoyt (born January

10, 1962), from Holland, Massachusetts,who have competed 

together in various athletic endeavors,including marathons and 

Ironman Triathlons. 

Rick has cerebral palsy and during competition Dick pulls Rick 

in a special boat as they swim, carries him in a special seat in the

front of a bicycle, and pushes him in a special wheelchair as they run. 

Team Hoyt was inducted to the Ironman Hall of Fame in 2008. I 

thought you would like to hear a bout a very special relationship

between a father and his son.

*****

Much love from the mountains of East Tennessee where God's 

love is seen daily in our surroundings!

Larry

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