(S4) - PT #2 - Dual Sport Stars

[HENDRIX]

Kurt Hendrix dominated many sports as a kid growing up. In addition to football, he was a standout wrestler, Track and Field javelin thrower, and basketball player. During his high school years fall was for his true love in football, but in the winter and spring he needed to participate in sports to quench his competitiveness. Strictly weight lifting and studying for the following football season was not enough. He had to compete. As a freshman and sophomore he played basketball during the winter, then switched to wrestling for his junior and senior seasons. He was much better at the ladder than the former. In basketball he couldn't really dribble and had a hitch in his shooting stroke that couldn't be worked out. Wrestling was more in his neighborhood. He competed at heavyweight and was very successful with only three loses on his resume and two California state championships. He was right at home in a sport with as much physicality and contact as wrestling. In the spring Kurt was a javelin thrower for the track team. He had a cannon for an arm and came in top five at the state championships three years in a row. In the end, he always knew football was his calling card if he wanted to earn a lot of money. (218)