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ProfessorGAC

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36. I Could

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 07:34 PM

Dec 30

The first time I could touch the rim, I was 5'2" tall.
Don't know where it came from. My dad and my uncles were terribly athletic. (My dad could punt the heck out of a football though. That gene missed me.)
I could dunk a volleyball 90% of the time by the time is was 5'4".
By the time i was 5'7" I could dunk without a run-up.
Now for the downside: as I'm sure you know, dunking was against the rules in HS & college until 1976. Could never dunk in a game.
That's why I loved pickup games. No such rule.

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