Early Years
Hardy was born in Evansville, Indiana. He graduated from William Henry Harrison High School in Evansville, where he received numerous awards and accolades as a high school football player. Hardy was an honor roll student, and also played basketball and ran track. Hardy's basketball teammates in high school included Calbert Cheaney, an All-American at Indiana, and Walter McCarty, who played at Kentucky and Chris Lowery who played for and now is the head coach at Southern Illinois University.
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