Richard ( ****y) Hoffman played with Rick Barry at Miami they stayed in contact through out there lives .
I’ve been Blessed to have ****y Hoffman share many times these letters they’ve wrote to each other.
Rick always commented about how he love watching ****y one hand push shot at the top of the key “ mr, automatic “ Rick called ****y with this shot.
I’ve been so Blessed when I was growing up to be raised around the Hoffman’s and PAPA Nick Chickillo’s family and part of the University of Miami history.
Divky’s beloved wife Barbara was the daughter of Jack Harding head football coach at Miami.
Obviously they’ve all have passed away, there’s not a week that goes by that I don’t stop and remember the Patriarchs of Miami that I’ve been able to be a part of growing up.
One memory:
Playing catch in the Chickillo’s back yard with Jim Kelly telling him “ put some pepper on your throws” laughing as I dropped all his hard passes as not good enough LOLOL.
Those were the best days of my life
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GOCANES