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Basketball Hooper. Max of Oakland U. Chip off the ole block
http://www.campusrush.com/oakland-grizzl...51848.html
Small world. You probably saw the clips on ESPN. I did several times and to a point of saturation ignored it after awhile.
http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=14856372
Just found out that Max Hooper of Oakland U's Dad, Chip, who just past away was a kid I knew growing up with 40+ years ago.
Max's Dad, Chip and my younger brother were teammates as swimmers in grade school and junior high. Chip, after swimming dropped out of sports and in HS organized and hooked up Garage bands with gigs. My brother and he drifted apart. Chip went 1 year to college and didn't go back. Went out to California utilized his skills hooking bands up and became very successful music agent mogul.
When No and I moved back into the area here from Georgia in the early 80's Chip's dad, Doc Hooper (Don) was our family dentist. Knew the family growing up. Friends of friends. Younger sister Nancy was an accomplished swimmer who I think had a full ride to Pepperdine or somewhere in Cali. That was Chip's portal to California where had his talents pay off big time.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/nytimes...=178017923
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2016 12:48 AM by gobaseline.)
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RE: Basketball Hooper. Max of Oakland U. Chip off the ole block
Small World.
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RE: Basketball Hooper. Max of Oakland U. Chip off the ole block
(03-14-2016 11:09 AM)Dirty Ernie Wrote: Small World.
Very small.
My brother found out about Chip's last days watching ESPN. He knew he had cancer as they talked over a year ago at length. Didn't put 1 and 1 together until it unfolded on TV in front of him.
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