Olympian Erin Hamlin Marries a Childhood Playmate-World Hot Events
Jonathan Hodge has a reputation for pulling off small
miracles on the basketball court. But the miracle he’s proudest of — sweeping
four-time Olympian Erin Hamlin off her feet — lends itself less to repeat viewings by
his core audience of hoops fanatics and goggle-eyed Minnesota schoolchildren.
Mr. Hodge, 33, a physical education teacher and
assistant high school
basketball coach in Barnesville, Minn., met Ms. Hamlin, 31, when he was 9 and she was 8, in the summer of 1994. He knew even then she was his kind of girl.
basketball coach in Barnesville, Minn., met Ms. Hamlin, 31, when he was 9 and she was 8, in the summer of 1994. He knew even then she was his kind of girl.
“I didn’t chase her into the sandbox or anything,” he
said. “But I’m pretty sure I had the hots for her.” They were forced playmates.
Mr. Hodge’s father, Bruce, an electrician, was wiring a house in a forestlike
100-acre property in Remsen, N.Y., being built by Ms. Hamlin’s parents, Ron and
Eilleen. Mr. Hodge and his sister, Jennifer, often tagged along.
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