In Houston.
He LOVED tennis.
Played doubles with him once -- and we both hung around with some of the same circle of tennis nuts at this one facility I used to practice at.
We had some conversations, and U of H had put him in some diddly squat gravy train "position" at the school -- just so he'd have a steady income.
At least that is how I could understand it to be.
To be honest, sometimes when he was flapping his gums, I really could not grasp the entire meaning of what he was trying to say.
And every 45 seconds-or-so he'd break out this wide smile, like in the picture, and laff loudly.
And I guess that made it all good somehow.
This is now almost 15 years ago, and at that time, he was a severe lard ass.
Which stunned me at first, when I learned that... this dude was former Grief WR Elmo Wright.
Famous for being one of the first TD dancers.
His larddery came about because of some sort of debilitating hip or back problem which would not allow him to... run.
On the tennis court, he waddled around and never played any singles that I ever saw.
Always just doubles, and he was a potted plant.
But he loved to play -- and he was very jovial and talkative.
Just making a little talk here.
Never mind me.
Carry on...
