Gary Hall Jr.

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So, I had the pleasure to hang out with him for quite a while today. I was asked to take a few publicity photos of him, for his dad, Gary Hall Sr. and Rowdy Gaines. I was very pleasantly surprised, Jr. is a very nice and very personable guy. I thought perhaps he'd have a hot shot attitude... Not even close. As I was asking him to make couple poses for the camera, for the publicity, he and he did... and we chuckled about them, he made a comment something to the effect of, about I dunno why people take some of that so negatively, and think I'm a total jerk :( He seemed pretty genuinely bummed out. I was thinking how he is always being asked to pose and do publicity things, and do some showing off or what not, then it turns around and ends up giving him a bad rep. Later on introduced him to a massage therapist friend of mine who works on a lot of pro athletes, to work on him and they can compare notes, and Gary's first response was, oh, that would be so nice but, aren't there people here that need it a lot more then I do, they'll say, what does he need *that for*.... he was all embarrassed, and rather humble about it. He's the kind of a guy that wouldn't squish a bug! I mean literally. As we were sitting and chatting, a June bug landed, he reached for it, and I reacted, oh, no, don't hurt it! Before he had a chance to respond, I realized that he proceeded to check it out and started petting it with one finger, saying hi little guy...
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    Well, I meet Gary's uncle years ago. He did open lap swimming at a family membership pool own by the Virgo's and I was on there novice team He was a nice personality too. Unforuntately, I don't remeber his name. Gary's father was the first or second swimmer from Orange County to make the olympic team in 1968. He swam for the old Phillps 66 club at the Golden West college pool back in the late 1960's and early 1970's. He moved first to Ohio and later of course to Arizona. I met him the summer of 1972 when I was on the Phillps 66 club. He had a nice personality as well. I think the Halls which have a swim camp in Fl are promoting that and what better way than to go to the masters nationals.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    Well, I meet Gary's uncle years ago. He did open lap swimming at a family membership pool own by the Virgo's and I was on there novice team He was a nice personality too. Unforuntately, I don't remeber his name. Gary's father was the first or second swimmer from Orange County to make the olympic team in 1968. He swam for the old Phillps 66 club at the Golden West college pool back in the late 1960's and early 1970's. He moved first to Ohio and later of course to Arizona. I met him the summer of 1972 when I was on the Phillps 66 club. He had a nice personality as well. I think the Halls which have a swim camp in Fl are promoting that and what better way than to go to the masters nationals.
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