Bob Hayes, was the first human to run the 100 meters in under 10.0 seconds, when in the 1964 Olympic Trials for the 100m's Bob clocked a 9.9s in the preliminaries; Then they placed Bob in the worst lane, lane 1 for the Olympic final, and that's why Bob only clocked a 10.0 in the Final 1964 Olympics. HOW can you put the World Record Holder in LANE 1, unless you want Sabotage his chances, by putting him in the worst lane. If Bob had been placed in lane 4, 5, 6 or even lane 7, where the ground was more compact, more tight, he would have shattered the record to even a 9.8, even on dirt! How do we know this, because look what Bob did in the Come from behind victory in the 4X100m's, when Bob was in lane 6, as it was reported that his leg of the 4x100m was around 8.4 to 8.6, and remember, Bob Hayes ran on a DIRT TRACK. I will always believe that, the Olympic Officials purposely placed Bob in the WORST LANE FOR THE 100m Final, to slow him down. I will also believe that the
@@drobson8004 After adjustments are made for cinder track, shoes, lane position, there is probably no faster human until Usian Bolt. His 19% touchdown-to-catch rate exceeds Randy Moss, TO, Rice, etc. Hayes had a career average 20.00 yards per catch putting him 2nd, behind Paul Warfield (hall of fame) all-time for receivers with 300 more catches. Hayes's speed was unprecedented in the NFL and game-changing. He is credited for creating the modern zone defense and bump-and-run.
Great job on the video! Bob Hayes will always be one of my all time favorite Cowboys players, and I didn't even watch football yet when he played! He changed how teams covered receivers and helped put the Cowboys on the map. So many great players on this list. I loved TD as well, and Kevin Williams was so underrated. Thanks for posting!
What made Kevin Williams “underrated?” I ask because that word is often misused and Mr. Williams stats are available, so any rating could be easily seen. Is there something about him that we can’t see or understand? His total career yards were only 2,314 with 7 TDs.
@josebrown5961 Having a player who can contribute in two phases of the game is highly valuable in the NFL, as most players don't achieve elite numbers and accolades. Just a small percentage of the league's players make the Pro Bowl each year. Team personnel prioritize finding players who bring the most value to the team, rather than those aiming for the Hall of Fame. In the 90s, Williams was one of those valuable players. In 1993, he ranked 7th in both punt return and kick return yards and tied for first in touchdowns. The following year, he was 5th in kickoff return yards, tied for second in punt return touchdowns, and third in kickoff return touchdowns. From 1993 to 1995, he consistently placed in the top 10 for both punt and kick return yards, as well as top 5 for total return touchdowns. Despite starting in 1995 after Harper's departure, he performed well with 613 yards and 2 touchdowns, outpacing Harper's first year starting in 1992. The next year, he struggled due to sharing targets and returns with other players following Jones's decision to utilize Sanders more as a wide receiver along with other players like Herschel Walker and Kelvin Martin. Ultimately, Dallas missed out on signing one of the top special teams returners in the league. Kevin Williams went to Arizona and led the league in return yards. Williams accumulated 5,707 total yards in his four seasons with Dallas, making him one of the highest non-pro bowl non-starter yardage earners in Cowboys history. He also has the most special teams yards in Cowboys history.
Bob Hayes and Herschel walker just raw and natural raw straight line speed. T.D was just a different speed type of guy. Game speed football speed something like that . Dam we have had some world class speedsters!
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That 2005 Cowboys-Raiders game in Oakland where Newman tracked Moss down from behind (5:34)....I was at that game and Newman blanketed Moss each and every time Moss lined up against him, and each time Moss caught a pass on the other side of the field and got loose, Newman tracked him down and prevented the TD.
@@stuartdamon3610 Oh no, Raiders won the game. It was close, Bledsoe almost managed to get a game winning drive in the end but Raiders won. In fact, in his NFL career Randy Moss never lost to the Cowboys. That's what they got for making Randy's grandma cry.
Definitely right about TD. His acceleration was the difference maker. It's one thing to run through a grouping of defenders already at speed, it's quite another to break out of a group and smoke 'em.
You perfectly described "football speed." Agree 100% with how you applied it to Tony D. Appreciate you giving Hayes his due. The man's last leg in the Olympic relays is legend. 100M in 8.6 seconds (calculated) on a track surface not in existence today. Great memories. Tks for another great video. Great work. Keep 'em coming!
@dwightlove3704 I read his 40 time was a 4.5. I'm not sure if that was documented or not. Here's the thing a lot of times you've got to be careful with so-called 40 times. Especially for older players. Unless they have a documented time from either their school or the NFL it's hard for me to validate a time.
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As usual, great job on the video! Some of these picks could be disputed or argued about but I am glad you kept Bob Hayes at #1 because he really was! I don't think that many people realized how much Hayes changed the game due to his speed. Teams used to run man-to-man coverage and had to develop zone coverages because of Hayes! Plus, thank you for showing the relay race where he ran the fastest time ever on his leg!!
Oh, this was a great video to do. Can't wait. Quick prediction before watching: Bullet Bob, of course, and Rocket Ismail, Tony Dorsett, Hershel Walker, Joey Galloway?... though I wonder about role players such as, yes, number 10 Kevontae Turpin. Yup, I'm about to lock in for some Cowboys trivia that I can marvel the masses with.
Dude. Thanks for being so authentic in your film reviews, TLC. Seriously, this is one of few sources that when hyperbole such as "Top 10" or "Greatest Ever" or "In history" can be trusted to be backed up with thorough research to match the claim.
Great video. I knew how hard this list would be because of the title. The Cowboys have had so many players with world class speed. Coming out of college, Walker was the most freakish athlete of all-time, right there with Bo. Having said that, we all knew who would be at the top. Oh, if Bob Hayes could play in today's game, what could he do.
Bro, this list was hard. In today's game, with all of the science we now know about fast and slow-twitch muscles or anaerobic exercises, Hayes would be very dangerous.
Once again another great video. I always felt and still feel that no running back had quite the acceleration from a stop to full speed like Tony Dorsett. While Barry Sanders had tremendous acceleration, Sanders never quite when from stop to go because his stutter step was beyond the greatest of any running back ever. But Dorsett would basically stop and then turn it on unlike anyone I had ever seen. I believe Herschel Walker should be in the hall of fame, and he would have been if the Vikings had used him like they should after they had acquired him from Dallas. He was always one of my favorite players, even from his days with the Georgia Bulldogs and then the Generals with the USFL, and I did get excited when Dallas drafted him while he was still under contract with the USFL. That once again proved how great Tex Schram, Gil Brandt and Tom Landry was in building a dynamic football team. Had it not been for that move, then Dallas may not have had that dynasty in the 90s. I remember Alexander Wright was the one bright spot when the team was terrible, was a huge fan of Rocket Ismael since his days at Norte Dame, was too young but have watched enough to recognize the importance of Bob Hayes. When a player or coach does something that causes big changes in the way opposing teams do things, then that shows an enormous impact. The fact that the zone defense was created to defend against Hayes because no one was able to defend against him in man to man is just that. And of course prime time was so dominant that quarterbacks were too scared to even throw the football on the side of the field he was on. Dallas used to overload the punt return team on one side of the line as an unbalanced line to force punters to kick to him. They did that in the one Monday Night game at the Meadowlands against the Giants. Sanders might actually be the greatest NFL player of all time. I could make an argument for him against Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor and Jerry Rice because Sanders was a quadruple threat. He was the greatest pass defender in the history of the game, was without a doubt one of the greatest punt returners of all time, was dangerous if returning kickoffs, and he played a little offense too, where he was able to catch passes or run end arounds. If I were a coach back then, I would have lined him up in the backfield as a decoy at times but also to be used to throw screen passes to.
Great video! Loved it! And I've never been a Cowboys fan! But I remember all of these guys. I watched all of their games and was always awe-struck. As "lights out" as Bob Hayes was, I suspect he would have been even FASTER with better form. I think his arm drive was not as controlled as it could have been, and may have compromised his efficiency as a sprinter.
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Always wondered what would have been if Walker joined Dallas from his start and had his USFL seasons in the NFL. The all time list may have looked different..........Excellent video as always!.
If Walker hadn't spent a good part of his career in the USFL he would have been in the HOF for sure, the few years he played with Dallas he was amazing.
@@RobertMcGimpsey He should certainly be in the Ring of Honor for Dallas. They never could have built those Super Bowl teams without him. I also think there are many inferior players that got in the HOF ahead of him.
The Boys had a player named Randal Williams who, if I'm not mistaken, was in that 4.2ish category. Again, if I'm remembering correctly, he scored the quickest TD in NFL history when he returned an onside kick by the Eagles, to start a game...they tried to catch the Cowboys sleeping, and Randal Williams caught them with their pants down instead. I'm not suggesting that he replace anyone on this list, just pointing out that he, and his speed, accounted for a great play in Cowboys history. Thanks for the video, that brought back so many great memories!
Great video. I remember watching Herschel Walker and thinking how can he be so big and run that fast. I would forget about that when someone tried to tackle Walker and get knocked backwards or just run over. Thanks for the video.
I tried to find a flaw in your list but couldnt great research and delivery. Tony Dorsetts game speed was amazing. I like how we always have to compare our Cowboys to rival Darrel Green..Darren McFadden may have been. just outside the top 10 but he wasnt a Cowboy for long..Great content again my man!
Saw him catch Tony from behind his rookie year. 1984 I think. AND Tony a great player and fast but wasn't even always the fastest guy on his own team. CAN'T remember guys name he was a.White receiver in the 80s Nickname white lightning and.he supposed to have beat Tony in a foot race...
I have always loved Tony Dorsett. His game speed was the best ever. Sure he might not have been the fastest in a straight line but he could accelerate in any direction faster than anyone and that is what made him great.
Thanks for this video! In 1967, I ended up with a football magazine, which inside, featured a photo of Bob Hayes in a wide-open sprint one fine afternoon Neither of his feet were touching the ground. The sun was high in the sky, so his face was shadowed and you couldn't see it. The ball had come from overhead and was inches from his outstretched hands. It's one of the greatest images I've ever seen. (I think they were playing the Cardinals, but I don't know. I can't find the image anywhere). Every night I would go through the magazine, looking at images from all of the players--but I would save Bob's for last, before going to sleep. For the record, I was the World's Fastest Human in my second and third-grade classes, lol.
Great Post! I'll look for that image for you. If I find it I'll let you know. Wow, the fastest kid in the world in third grade? Amazing. Did you make it far as a young adult? Thanks for watching bro!
@icalcowboy Hah! Remember when everyone seemed to envy the fastest kid in 2nd or 3rd grade? All of my glory died in sorrow because I stopped growing in the fourth grade, and I fell to either third or fourth. But I was able to identify with washed-up stars, which made me feel a little better, lol. All I needed was a tragic and then heroic substance-abuse story. But not a lot of fourth-graders are into cocaine and Wild Turkey. Cheers, and Thanks Again for your great work! (EDIT): I think if you run across the image, you'll know it in an instant. It's SO BADASS...I mean, he's a cross between Superman and Zorrow. Pure magic, which is rare in broad daylight. Everything about that photo is beautiful--a little bit of turf coming up behind him, if I remember correctly. Absolute finesse and velocity and excellence and drive... The elegance of a figure skater with the power of a 99-megaton nuclear warhead. Thanks, again!
Bob Hayes is said to be the fastest person to every play in the league, not just the Cowboy. He speed rivals Usain Bolt's. I would have loved to see that competion.
Tony Dorsett is my all time fav. Their was actually video of Dorsett, Bob Hayes and a couple of other Cowboys in a foot race where Dorsett won - of course Hayes was much older than Dorsett. I think Dorsett should be top 3 with Hayes and Deion Sanders (followed closely by TO and Hershel Walker).
First time watching your channel.. I was impressed with the way you broke down Tony Dorsett run with the change of speed and direction running style. I grew up watching Cowboys and remember Dorsett very well .... Only someone with pretty good football knowledge could have broken that down like you did ........ Good Job Dude ! If Cowboys dont do it this year, Dak has to go ......
Great video as Speed Debates are always fun. A few tidbits on several of the guys featured in the video: Rocket Ismail: 2nd in the 1991 NCAA 55 meter dash (just over 60 yards)- 6.19. PR- 6.07 in the 55m dash Alexander Wright: - 1992 (6.14 in 60 yards on grass) & 1993 (6.19 on grass) NFL Fastest Man Winner - 1988 SEC 55m & 200m (indoor) Champion Herschel Walker- - In 1983 he ran 6.10 in the 60 yard dash Indoor Track - Carl Lewis won that race in 6.02
@icalcowboy The early 70's were a lottery of speed. Mel Gray, Cliff Branch, Gerald Tinker, Isaac Curtis. A couple of years later, Curtis Dickey, Roger Carr,. Also O.J. (he was part of a world record relay team as was Earl McCullough). 50 or so years later, their speed still stands up.
The thing about Tony Dorsett was like you mentioned, he could cut and move his feet while running at top speed. That's just something that can't be taught or coached. The time Darrell Green ran him down that Monday night at Washington in 1983 was the only time I ever saw anyone catch TD when he got in the open. Now he may not have played for the Cowboys but the one guy that had deceptive speed was Eric Dickerson.
@@thelogicalcowboy Dickerson was a HIGH SCHOOL SPRINT CHAMPION he was a 9.4 Class 1A Champion in the 100 yd dash.He is 6-3 and that's why ppl called him deceptive.
plus he ran pretty ............. beautiful style to watch. I grew up watching him at SMU .. He is underrated in Running Back ratings for some reason ........ TD was a pretty runner also....
You're right he didn't. I just added it in because of how popular that play was. Also, Dorsett was in his 7th season and had played in more games than any running back in the league at the point from all of the Superbowl and postseason games. I believe Green was a rookie with fresh legs. Green is not chasing down 77 Dorsett.
@thelogicalcowboy yeah I'm pretty sure Green would've caught Dorsett in 77 as well. I say that because nobody seems to be aware that Dorsett was caught from behind twice before Green did it. Both times were in 1978 when Dorsett was at his fastest. A guy named Clarence Chapman of the New Orleans Saints caught him in a regular season game and then a guy named Rod Perry of the Los Angeles Rams caught him in the NFC Championship game. Neither of those players were world class sprinters. Darrel Green was. Not trying to diminish Dorsett's ability, I consider him the most exciting back of all time. But as far as his top end speed, lets keep it real.
Great choices. Bullet Bob Hayes should definitely be #1. Glad somebody remembers "Ace" Wright. If we are talking strictly speed......he has to be on the list. Another guy worth mentioning (if we are just talking speed) is Randal Williams. (Played back in the Parcells era.) Supposedly he ran a sub 4.1 sec 40 yard dash. He is probably best noted for the fastest TD in NFL history (in 2003) to start a game.....just 3 seconds.
He did, however, make the ULTIMATE dagger special teams play against the hated Eagles when he perfectly played their "surprise" opening onside kick and shoved it right back up their A#$. LOL! Just for that play alone, he's a franchise favorite..@@09rja
@@thegorn68 Gawds, that was great. (Don't forget, Andy Reid had pulled off a successful onside kick to open the game the season before against Dallas.) Yup, Randal Williams gets his place alongside other Cowboys Greats like George Teague.
Does anyone besides Duane Thomas know his 40 time , 100 time , etc. He was my favorite Cowboy Running Back...He always seems 2 be lelt out? Have some respect. Led Dallas to 2 Super Bowls in a row. God Bless.
They said he ran a 4.5. But Landry never confirmed it nor did anyone at his school. From what I'm aware of. I might be wrong. From looking at film he looked like he was a 4.4 guy.
Awesome video my friend . I decently would probably put Bob Hayse at #1 just because he changed the way the defense play their defenses to a zone defense
Watching Bob Hayes in the Olympics was very impressive. He ran violently fast for that time. With the shoes of today along with the track and running form adjustments could you imagine his times today?
Awesome video as usual! I'm not sure what Golden Richards' 40 times were, but he was a track star in high school, etc. As a rookie in 1973, he was the fastest player on the team and played mostly on special teams. He returned a punt 63 yards for a touchdown in the NFCC game. In 1974, he was named the starter at wide receiver over Bob Hayes (Irony, because Richards wore #22 in college because he was a Hayes fan). He was the team's long threat (with receptions of 52, 58, 46 and 43 yards) and had his best statistical year with 26 receptions for 467 yards (18 average) and 5 touchdowns. In his third year, he had 21 receptions for 451 yards (21.5 average) and 4 touchdowns. In 1976, he had 19 receptions for 414 yards (21.8 average) and 3 touchdowns, missing 3 games because of a hamstring injury.
I've read similar post a few times about Golden by other people in the comments. I love Richard's but watching his film I never saw him as a world class speedster. But reading your comment has intrigued me. I was going to make a video on Richards but now I'm going to do a little more research on him. Great post!! Thanks bro!
This was one of the best stories ever you seemed like you did your research in my opinion 40 is just quick speed 200 and the 100 is real speed I like how you evaluated Herschel Walker
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Good video! It is a shame that Tavon Austin's NFL career never fully materialized. He was a Cowboy, and his top speed was probably faster than half of your list.
Austin was one of the most explosive players I have ever seen in college. He was remarkable. If he could've just translated that to the pros he definitely would've been a generational talent.
Tony Dorsett's speed was nearly comical, like watching a fast forward highlight film. It was insane once he broke free from tacklers. Opponents had nightmares facing him.
No arguments with that group. The man that impresses me the most is Hershel Walker because of the rare combination of speed AND size. I might think about Walker as #1 for that reason. I wonder about some of the older players that may not have been timed in the 40 because the 100 was more or less the standard. Mel Renfro and Mike Gaechter come to mind. They were sprinters in college and performed for years in the early Doomsday defensive backfield. Thanks for the video!
I would agree with your rankings. Nobody beats the fastest human on earth, Bullet Bob Hayes, although Tony Dorsett is one of my personal favorites. I think your rankings are fair Thx
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Dude you did a great job well done well researched You know I was always thinking Bob Hayes from the GetGo d ion number so you validated my thinking I forgot about Alexander right and a couple of those other guys like Turpin etc but nobody talked the game and then delivered like deion Sanders Bob Hayes was a quiet guy who came out and just rolled it he sacrificed his legs for the team on torn up hamstrings he would shoot up the cortisone and get out there and that ruined his legs but you know that's football I guess if you're going to be a track guy run football you got to be able to take the pain That's why most track people don't make in football because you got to be tough and take that pain most track guys are softies they'll say I got a little Nick I got a little pinch and then they sit down football players man if you ain't bleeding a pint an hour you ain't hurt any nothing get out there and play boy that's football was Bob Hayes tough tough SOB
I was so glad to see Bullet Bob Hayes as the #1, finally one of these lists gets it absolutely right. Sometimes the legends are forgotten, but not this time l!
Great product (yet again)! Not certain how close Deon & Herschel would be, as they both would keep it TIGHT, as I was not alive to watch & marvel at Bob Hayes & the way he played, as I do recall how freakin fast Joey Galloway was and those alone two jetting down the field would be a true spectacle for anyone to watch & enjoy. Joey does not even look like he is (was) exerting himself as if running that fast requires so little effort from him. So the technician in Herschel’s approach with his “Adonis” physique & Deon’s smooth glide would be such a treat, but I don’t honestly believe they would beat Joey & certainly not Bob Hayes. Many thanks.
