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'''Jeremy Butler''' was known for the mean slice he perfected on Throw Park's tennis courts, which he then adapted for his pickleball game. | '''Jeremy Butler''' was known for the mean slice he perfected on Throw Park's tennis courts, which he then adapted for his pickleball game. | ||
=== Early life === | |||
[[File:Tennis courts at Brookdale Park (2006).jpg|left|thumb|Butler's first home, Brookdale Park.]] | |||
[[File:Quonset Huts 1959.jpg|thumb|Butler, left, during his Quonset hut days.]] | |||
[[File:Yale University Shield 1.svg|thumb|The Hebrew phrase אורים ותמים in English is ''[[w:Urim_and_Thummim|Urim V'Tamim]]''. ''Lux et veritas'' is Latin for "light and truth."]] | |||
Butler was born to an itinerant family who ceaselessly roamed the environs of [[w:Bloomfield,_New_Jersey|Bloomfield, New Jersey]]. For several years, they lived on the tennis courts of [[w:Brookdale_Park|Brookdale Park]], which had been designed by the [[w:Olmsted_Brothers|Olmsted Brothers]]. Once evicted from there,<ref>Ironically, Butler's great-great-uncle was close friends with Emily Olmsted, the Brothers' great-aunt.</ref> they squatted in a New Haven Quonset hut that had been abandoned by [[w:Yale_University|Yale University]]. Butler's affection for his time "at" Yale explains why he had its coat of arms sewn into every pair of undershirts he ever wore. | |||
Revision as of 15:11, 10 July 2021
Jeremy Butler was known for the mean slice he perfected on Throw Park's tennis courts, which he then adapted for his pickleball game.
Early life
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Butler was born to an itinerant family who ceaselessly roamed the environs of Bloomfield, New Jersey. For several years, they lived on the tennis courts of Brookdale Park, which had been designed by the Olmsted Brothers. Once evicted from there,[1] they squatted in a New Haven Quonset hut that had been abandoned by Yale University. Butler's affection for his time "at" Yale explains why he had its coat of arms sewn into every pair of undershirts he ever wore.
- ↑ Ironically, Butler's great-great-uncle was close friends with Emily Olmsted, the Brothers' great-aunt.
