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Flo Hyman
Flora Jean Hyman (July 31, 1954 – January 24, 1986) was an American volleyball player. She was an Olympic silver medalist and played professional volleyball in Japan.
Hyman was the most popular volleyball player in the world due to her talent and charisma. For her achievements and pioneering role, she was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1988.
Hyman was the second of eight children born to George W. Hyman and Warrene Hyman (née Farrington). Her parents were both tall. Her mother was 5-11 and her father 6-2. She had two brothers and five sisters but was the tallest of them all, the next tallest after Flo being her father's height. As a child, Hyman was self-conscious about her rapid growth and the fact that she towered over her peers. In 1983, she recalled "When they were three foot tall, I was four foot tall. When they were four foot tall, I was five". Her nickname at school was "Jolly green giant", but her family and friends persuaded her to be proud of her height and to use it to her advantage. Flo's final adult height was just over 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m). In January 1979, in an interview, Hyman said that she found the stares and questions about her height that she got from strangers irritating, but she had learned to live with it.
When Hyman was 12, and standing 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall, she began playing beach volleyball, usually with her sister Suzanne as a partner. In 1970, at the age of 16, Hyman started playing volleyball professionally. By the time Flo was a senior in high school, she had developed a lethal spike.
Hyman graduated from Morningside High School in Inglewood, California, and then attended El Camino College for one year before transferring to the University of Houston as that school's first female scholarship athlete. She spent three years there and led the Houston Cougars to two top-five national finishes, but did not complete her final year, instead focusing her attention on her volleyball career. Hyman said she would graduate once her volleyball career was over and that "You can go to school when you're 60. You're only young once, and you can only do this once".
While at Houston, Hyman was the first person to win the Broderick Award (Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player in 1977.
"I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I have to realize it's not as if I broke a bone. Pushing yourself over the barrier is a habit. I know I can do it and try something else crazy. If you want to win the war, you've got to pay the price."
Hyman left Houston to play for the national team, based in Colorado. When Flo joined, the squad was sorely in need of leadership. Operating without a coach, it had a host of talented players with no one at the helm to guide them.
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Flo Hyman
Flora Jean Hyman (July 31, 1954 – January 24, 1986) was an American volleyball player. She was an Olympic silver medalist and played professional volleyball in Japan.
Hyman was the most popular volleyball player in the world due to her talent and charisma. For her achievements and pioneering role, she was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1988.
Hyman was the second of eight children born to George W. Hyman and Warrene Hyman (née Farrington). Her parents were both tall. Her mother was 5-11 and her father 6-2. She had two brothers and five sisters but was the tallest of them all, the next tallest after Flo being her father's height. As a child, Hyman was self-conscious about her rapid growth and the fact that she towered over her peers. In 1983, she recalled "When they were three foot tall, I was four foot tall. When they were four foot tall, I was five". Her nickname at school was "Jolly green giant", but her family and friends persuaded her to be proud of her height and to use it to her advantage. Flo's final adult height was just over 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m). In January 1979, in an interview, Hyman said that she found the stares and questions about her height that she got from strangers irritating, but she had learned to live with it.
When Hyman was 12, and standing 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) tall, she began playing beach volleyball, usually with her sister Suzanne as a partner. In 1970, at the age of 16, Hyman started playing volleyball professionally. By the time Flo was a senior in high school, she had developed a lethal spike.
Hyman graduated from Morningside High School in Inglewood, California, and then attended El Camino College for one year before transferring to the University of Houston as that school's first female scholarship athlete. She spent three years there and led the Houston Cougars to two top-five national finishes, but did not complete her final year, instead focusing her attention on her volleyball career. Hyman said she would graduate once her volleyball career was over and that "You can go to school when you're 60. You're only young once, and you can only do this once".
While at Houston, Hyman was the first person to win the Broderick Award (Honda Sports Award) as the nation's best female collegiate volleyball player in 1977.
"I had to learn to be honest with myself. I had to recognize my pain threshold. When I hit the floor, I have to realize it's not as if I broke a bone. Pushing yourself over the barrier is a habit. I know I can do it and try something else crazy. If you want to win the war, you've got to pay the price."
Hyman left Houston to play for the national team, based in Colorado. When Flo joined, the squad was sorely in need of leadership. Operating without a coach, it had a host of talented players with no one at the helm to guide them.