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Elvin Hayes Elvin Hayes Ladies and gentleman once again the Big E scores, many fans and opposing teams would hear this for a span of twenty years. Elvin Hayes became a household name due to his exceptional skills, leadership and gratuity. “Elvin Hayes is simple Yet complicated, calm yet controversial, humble yet proud, sensitive yet thick- Hided, meek before his God, but a fighter under the backboard.”(They call Me the Big E Introduction) Elvin Hayes was born and raised in Rayville, Louisiana. Hayes is a unique individual who overcame his share of battles. When Hayes was born he wasn’t expected to live, because he was too weak and sickly to survive. “Hayes credits his father for getting him healthy, Hayes said his father pumped milk and food into him.” (They call me the Big E, 8) No one had any reason to believe that Hayes would be very tall, his tallest brothers and sisters were only 5-7. Elvin stayed weak up until his eleventh grade year, but then it became apparent we was going to take after his mother’s side, where some of his uncles were 6-7, 6-9, 6-11. Hayes was like hayes, basketball, elvin, big, one, call, time, game, houston, first, university, school, says, college, players, play, now, because, ucla, turn, teams, shot, rockets, played, out, nba, half, four, final, became, year, while, shots, several, season