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The Early Years

Rick was born in 1962 to Dick and Judy Hoyt. As a result of oxygen
deprivation to Rick’s brain at the time of his birth, Rick was diagnosed as a
spastic quadriplegic with cerebral palsy. The doctors advised Dick and Judy
to institutionalize Rick because there was no chance of him recovering,
and little hope for Rick to live a “normal” life. This was just the beginning
of Dick and Judy’s quest for Rick’s inclusion in the community.

Dick and Judy soon realized that though Rick couldn’t walk or speak, he
was quite astute and his eyes would follow them around the room. They
fought to integrate Rick into the public school system, pushing
administrators to see beyond Rick’s physical limitations.

Dick Hoyt pushing his son, With $5,000 in 1972 and a skilled group of engineers at Tufts
Rick, in their first Boston University, an interactive computer was built for Rick. This computer
Marathon (1981). consisted of a cursor being used to highlight every letter of the alphabet.

Once the letter Rick wanted was highlighted, he was able to select it by just a simple tap with his head

against a head piece attached to his wheelchair. When the computer was originally first brought home,

Rick surprised everyone with his first words. Instead of saying, “Hi, Mom,” or “Hi, Dad,” Rick’s first

“spoken” words were: “Go, Bruins!”. The Boston Bruins were in the Stanley Cup finals that season. It was

clear from that moment on that Rick loved sports and followed the game just like anyone else.

In 1975, at the age of 13, Rick was finally admitted into public school. After high school, Rick attended

Boston University, and he graduated with a degree in Special Education in 1993.

The Beginning of Team Hoyt

In the spring of 1977, Rick told his father that he wanted to participate in a 5-mile benefit run for a
Lacrosse player who had been paralyzed in an accident. Far from being a long-distance runner, Dick
agreed to push Rick in his wheelchair and they finished all 5 miles. That night, Rick told his father,
“Dad, when I’m running, it feels like I’m not handicapped.”

This realization was just the beginning of what would become over 1,000 races completed, including
marathons, duathlons and triathlons (6 of them being Ironman competitions).

Rick was once asked, if he could give his father one thing, what would it be? Rick responded,
“The thing I’d most like is for my dad to sit in the chair and I would push him for once.”

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