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Great recognition of a legend. My grandfather (Coach Nathaniel Washington) and a good friend of the family coach James Day are the founders of the official Bob Hayes Track Meet held here in Jacksonville FL. My people were directly instrumental in Bullet Bobs early life all the way to the end. So I personally thank you for such a commemorable shout out
People fail to realize that according to his football coach the late, great Jake Gaither, Bob Hayes was not a track guy playing football, he was a football player who ran track!!
Bullet Bob Hayes! A Cowboys legend and hall of famer. Couldn't get much better than him when he was playing. I wish I could've been around at the time to see him play. God blessed that man with speed may he rest in peace. He died in 2002 before he was inducted in 2009.
@Jay Sebring yup, that’s right and proud of it. I could say I was 2 months old but I would be lying to you, haha. That would still make me old, lol. Nice meeting another fan. Here’s hoping they have a good/great year.
Combine #s are a joke, they need to do their workouts in pads, it will separate the football speed from the track speed. Some guys cant adjust to wearing pads as well as others
@John Molloy nope no human can. N never did more old speed stories what happened did humans become slower? Cuz no one can do that bs now that there's computerized times. N 100 m isn't a great football speed test. Ull see guys like Andre Johnson had a faster 100m than devin hester. Length n strides allowed for faster 100m times
@@kellyyoung6137 A prime Bob Hayes could smoke anybody, that is including all the dopers since the 1980s. Bob Hayes had an exploding start along with the fastest top speed ever recorded. I doubt Darrel Green could keep up with Bullet Bob.
A couple of what if suggestions do 1. What if the Colts drafted Ryan Leaf 2. What if the Colts kept Peyton Manning 3. What if John Elway stayed with the Colts 4. What if the AFL didn’t merge with the NFL 5. What if Drew Brees didn’t sign with the Saints 6. What if the Browns never became the Ravens 7. What if the Vikings never traded for Herschel Walker 8. What if Eli stayed with San Diego 9. What if the Cowboys drafted Randy Moss 10. What if the Browns won the 1987 AFC Championship 11. What if Bill Behlichick stayed with the Jets 12. What if Sean Taylor never died 13. What if the 49ers kept Joe Montana and trade Steve Young
shin splints? try running on a hard clay rutted track. 48 years later and I still got them. I curse the day that I went out for track. Dumbest thing I've ever done with good intentions in high school.
Track speed is not the same as football speed. Sure a guy who is fast on a track is going to be fast on a football field too but he might not be the fastest. They should put on a full uniform and carry a football and run on grass. Not in shorts on a track.
Terence Brooks no thats why bo jackson was faster than hays. And he had more big plays. It takes vision to know where to run and how to run and then.pull away in pads. Football speed is different. I ran 4.7 40 yet had more big plays than a guy who ran 4.4 40 in highschool. I was 20 lbs smaller 4 inches shorter. Yet i could break away from people and be faster on the field
@@terencebrooks7904 fast is fast, but if your a track guy and have never ran in pads you will lose a step. And when you get laid out by a DB you will definitely slow down. So game speed and track, or combine speed is totaly different. You may be faster than me straight up but when I check you off the line you slow down. Football speed is different than track speed. You would know if you have ever played football.
There is definitely a difference between being quick and being fast. When we describe cars we discuss low-end vs. top-end speed. Like comparing a heavy muscle car vs. a Porsche. When describing the football players in this video the same distinction was made. Some football players can accelerate sooner but aren't ultimately as fast at the end of their burst. Some football players accelerate slower but ultimately finish moving at a much greater rate of speed at the end of their burst, albeit they need more room/distance to get to their top speed. Very cool video. I talk about this difference all the time.
Very good point. That's why the 40 yard doesn't tell the whole story. I remember when the Raiders took Darius Heyward-Bey over Michael Crabtree because he had a 4.3 40 dash. Face palm.
the only [problem with your analysis is that it isnt backed up by real data. looking at years of splits over the 100m shows that very few athletes have superior 40s, or 60s but not 100m times. Athletes that have great 60m generally have very good, or great 100m. The athletes that run 9.8 100m also have the fastest 30,40,50,60m times. Generally. in other words, fast is fast. there are the odd exceptions but very few. In that regard, just as much value could be had from 60m.
@@timn4481 The general principle is still true. The runners you are talking about are the odd balls and that is why they are the top sprinters - they can do both. Watch any 100m race and you will see this principle played out all the time.
I was waiting for you to mention Bob Hayes-and you did! And did him justice. I grew up when he was playing. My college roommate had a poster of him on his wall (I’m older...). I had never thought about the zone defense thing, but he certainly changed the paradigm of what a “wide receiver” is, and could mean to the game. His autobiography is an interesting read, also. Another great video-I am forwarding to my college roommate!
The 40 yard dash doesn't always translate to how fast they are on the field. So if I had to pick one guy that I've watched. I'd say Darrel Green. And this is coming from a lifetime Cowboys fan. He use to chase down our WR's like nothing. Much respect to him.
But Green was also out run on the field. You cannot say with 100% accuracy who is fastest on the field because there is no way to measure and compare the speed of players not on the same field or from different eras. As far as actual timed speed goes Jim Hines ran faster than any other NFL player in history.
@@sydboski you're right. I'm just speaking on the ones I paid attention to. I'm not going to speculate on other players I've never paid attention to. There are no exact time measurements on on the field playing compared to an actual timed run.
@Chet Do you know what the difference is between being called the the NFL's fastest man and being the fastest man in NFL history? They are entirely 2 different things.
You’re forgetting that he was in lane 1 which was damp overused by the 20k walk race earlier and the us team protested to have him in a different lane but it didn’t work.
He still ran faster than he ever did on any other cinder surface. So it couldn't have hindered him as much as everyone thinks. Jim Hines still ran faster than Hayes on cinders 10.03 to 10.06.
Because you have to stop and ask yourself, How long did Jett play in the NFL? Was he a camp body or a game-changer like Bullet Bob Hayes? The answer to that is why he's not mentioned here.
ODANNEK Here are the facts. James Jett ran a 6.10 in the 1996 competition, (tying Green’s best time), which gave him the fastest time of all of the ‘90s runners. Jett outran Carl Lewis in the 1992 100 meter prelims, and won a gold medal as part of the 100 meter relay team. He won another gold medal in 1996 after running the first two rounds of the 4 x 100 relay, but gave up his spot to Carl Lewis (still earned the gold). Jett had a long career in the NFL playing from 1993-2002 (which is a long career for a speed receiver). He was one of Al Davis’s more successful “speed kills” WRs and retired as the 8th leading WR in Raider’s history. Jett was one of two players from the LA Raiders to still be on the team for Super Bowl 37, (the other was Tim Brown). Jett was also a fan favorite as a Los Angeles Raider. I think he’s left his mark in both Olympic and NFL history, and as the numbers show, he was certainly one of the fastest to ever play the game. By no means was he a “camp body,” as he was a starter along side Tim Brown for much of his career. You don’t have to be a Raider fan to recognize that.
@@TheSteveSteele - Do you know what The Rocket Ishmael's , or Trindon Holiday's or Dennard Robinson's 60 yard speeds were ?. Also, what was Michael Vicks 40 yard speed ?.
Greatest moment of Chiefs game was when Damien Williams takes the hand off and breaks away for a certain score getting behind the Vikings defense and was off to the races for a score as he pulled further and further away from everyone accept Hill! By the time Williams reached the 5 yard line, Hill had caught up to him and put his arm around him! That was an amazing thing to see!
Vikings fan here, I drove down for this game, has endzone seats, and remember this well...Hill is the fastest person 8ve ever seen in person. I played Semi-Pro fir 17 years, played with alot of guys that were legit 4.4, a few 4.3 but struggled in other parts of their game or they would have been in the league, but watching Hill in person....fastest I've ever seen. Pro or not.
I like that Ginn put his money where his mouth is too putting 10k on the line to anyone who wants to race. I’m a buckeye fan so I’ve been watching him for a long time and I bet he’s still one of the top 10 fastest in the league still and at his prime not many could run with him. Not many people know he ran a little bit of track at Ohio State and he reportedly ran a 10.2 in practice with 10 minutes of stretching
I wish they would run the 40 and other combine events with pads on. My brother had a 4.5 40 and was considered second fastest on the team yet with pads on he still had a 4.5 40 and all of a sudden was the fastest player on the field no doubt. It would be cool to see it happen but it's not as entertaining for sure.
Rodger Staubach mentioned that Coach Landry called him Staubach even though he was Naval Academy grad, starting QB, Heisman Trophy winner, Vietnam Vet. But, he always Bob Hayes by his first name. When Staubach asked Hayes about it. Hayes just said 9 flat. Wind aided but who cares. He ran a 9.1 official . Haaaaaaaaaaa Go Bullet Bob Hayes!!!!
Pretty much. Hayes came in and led the league in receiving TDs his first two seasons and forced teams to play zone, he was a rookie in 1965. But the biggest change by far, probably the single biggest rule change in NFL history, was the 5 yard chuck rule that started in 1978. That is what led to the explosion of zone defenses. Also called the Mel Blount rule. Before then a DB could bump a receiver all over the field until the ball was thrown. Mel Blount would bang on guys and they couldn't get away from him. Watch old clips, guys like him and Lem Barney were masters of the bump and run coverage, heavy on the bump. The NFL wiped that out, suddenly CBs needed to be quick and it didn't matter if they weren't physical or couldn't defend the run. Mel Blount was the best CB in the NFL, the prototype after the rule change was Neon Deion. There was no more contact. But when Hayes played you could try to bang and grab until the pass was thrown In 1977 2500 passing yards led the NFL (14 games) 179 yard per game. The league average was 142 yards per game. In 1978 the average jumped to 159, then to 180 in 1979. Then 196, 204. Basically in about 3 years passing yards jump by more than 1/3 simply because of that one rule change.
I had the honor and privilege to meet Bob Hayes down in Miami Orange bowl during the what they called the playoff bowl against Minnesota Vikings in 1968.. Dallas won that game he was the last guy out of that stadium and I waited for him to come out and I remember it was raining hard that day and he talked to me for a few minutes but he says little guy sorry but I'm in a hurry to get on the plane .. he asked me what my name was and he told me to stay in school and keep my dreams alive and someday maybe I'll be a football player.. I get chills to this very day thinking about what he said.. And I also have the honor to meet him a hearing Denver Colorado back to one of his book signings at one of our malls out here.. The book was called Run bullet Run.. he was to me the person I looked up to and I want to be like and run like and play football like as I was growing up he was an amazing man and amazing to watch and whenever Dallas cowboys played on TV I always made sure I've always watched that game.. R.I.P mr. Robert Hayes you're always in my heart and always my memory buddy... #22. The original 22
Hester's best 100m is only 10.62 no where near world class. and stop with the video game speed references. They have nothing to do with real life speed.
@@sydboski Faster time doesn't necessarily mean they were faster. Wind and track conditions have a lot to do with times. Darrell did it consistently for decades. He ran down Dorsett, who was a speed demon himself and also Eric Dickerson, one of the NFL's fastest and prolific backs. He also never lost the NFL Fastest Man competition and stayed on top of his game for over 20 years.
@@gavinscott10 If you are the world record holder in the 100m dash who is faster? No one. Why? Because no one has a faster time. Neither Dorsett nor Dickerson had world class speed. Green was out run by Michael Haines from the Falcons and Ron Brown from the Rams. It's not like Green only ran one 100m dash. He ran it plenty of times. He best was 10.08. He never ran faster than that. Maintaining your speed longer in life doesn't make you faster than your best. The reality is there are guys who ran faster than Green did on his best day.
@@kennycarlson9654 Cliff is my favorite player of all time. But even he was not as fast as a prime Bob Hayes. Branch ran a hand timed 10.00. That converts to 10.24 fully automatic. Hayes ran 10.06 fully automatic. Wining a race against someone only makes you faster on that day. Tyson Gay beat Usain Bolt but Bolt is still faster.
I've ALWAYS THOUGHT that given the same training methods, diet, track surface and any other of today's enhancements, Bob Hayes was, hands down, the fastest man EVER filmed running a 100-yard or 100-meter sprint.
@@benthekeeshond545 Nope. Hines actually broke Hayes' 10.06 world record with a 10.03 during the 1968 AAU champs in California. It is not famously known as "The Night of Speed". Also Bob would not have run anywhere close to 9.5.
@@sydboski If Bullet Bob kept on training in T&F for another 5 years, he might. The only thing is that he had no competition. Nobody could stay with him. You must know that Bullet Bob ran a 9.65sec in the 4X100-relay because he was running all-out to make up a 10m deficit and he ended up winning by 10m. I will say this, if Usain was to compete against Bullet Bob, Usain or his contemporary dopies would eat dust. Please be reminded that the Great Bob Hayes didn't use supplements such as Bonds, Armstrong, or the post-1980 PEDs sprinters.
@@benthekeeshond545 You can say the same for every sprinter that went to the NFL. "IF" they trained another 5 years they might. Who knows? I have heard the rumors and saw the video of Bob's legendary run, but it wasn't 9.65. It was supposedly 8.5 which is also false for 3 reasons. 1. Timing. Relay splits are not official. In 1964 his split would have been hand timed. You know you have to add 0.24 to convert hand time to fully automatic timing. 2. Bob got the stick late in the passing zone. Exactly mid zone is 100m from the finish line. Bob getting the stick late in the zone means he ran less than 100m 3. None of the other anchors out there ran faster than 10.50 in the 100m during the Olympics. None were in the 100m final. One was a long jumper and another was a 400m man. So if Bob rand 8.5 that would put the others around 8.9 which is impossible. Bob's anchor leg was amazing, but it was closer to 8.9. Today's sprinters run 8.8 - 8.7 Bolt ran 8.65 during the World relays. You think Bolt took drugs?
Robert "Bob" Hayes: Aka, "Bullet Bob"** The Only NFL Player** To Win An Olympic Gold Medal, And A Super Bowl Ring!!!!** "The Fastest NFL Player Of All Times."**
i was a Bob Hayes fan..he was incredible ,,i think the fastest of all-time.,but thats my opinion.. But i did watch him whenever i could..just like Wilt..superhuman too.
4.09? 4.09 folks ....when I saw him RUN DOWN Marcus Allen, Erik Dickerson AND WILLIE GAULT (Olympic speed) I was convinced Darrell Green was fast. He'll always be #1 in my book. Especially football speed. Love the video.
He actually wasn't. Jim Hines ran 10.03 on cinders to break Hayes' 10.06 world record during the 1968 AAU championships. It was better known as The NIght of Speed. Jim Hines is the fastest man to ever put on an NFL uniform and play in the NFL.
Have you seen his kickoff return for a td against the chiefs? Dude absolutely took off and torched them. Definitely deserves a mention for being one of the fastest
That happened one time, after Bo had already run 130+ yards, flipped a sweep left back around, a few jukes, even hurdled a guy on that same play.....Bo could probably run a 4.4 with Tyreek under his arm....he was a freak of nature.
I remember the late Dennis Green said to ESPN's Pam Oliver? 25 years or so ago "that's what 4.15 speed looks like" referring to Randy Moss. Randy's initial burst was not super quick but at 6'4" he had the legs to stretch and gain advantage over shorter safeties.
@@underground-radio-x You are right. the late Dennis green made that comment in a nationally televised game and he wouldn't dare to fabricate a story if it was not indeed that fast.
@@valentinorossi7771 Moss never ran 4.15. His best hand timed 40 was 4.25. His pre draft measurable was 4.37. Moss was fast, but he was not world class fast. He would not be in the top 50 fastest players ever if they all lined up on the goal line and ran to the other.
@@kellyyoung6137 I believe what coach Green (the late Dennis Green) said NOT what you. said. Lets leave it at that.Period. Dennis was a head coach and you... are just a blogger.
I am old enough to have watched Bullet Bob play football no one could keep up with him. I agree with this conclusion all things being equal Bob Hayes is the man!
Let's hear it for........Travis Williams! Played for Green Bay during the days of Gayle Sayers and Bob Hayes. Travis had 9.2 100yd speed. The first kickoff he ever received was a run back for a TD, and he scored four in his rookie year. He still holds the record for the highest average per return! Like Hayes, Williams had that "Driving," "Power" motion to his running style. Any film you see of him is a pleasure to watch. He was exactly the type of runner the narrator is talking about. Acceleration with Power! Perfect for the 100-yard football field. Thank You "Road Runner" Travis!!
“Bullet” Bob Hayes is underrated in my opinion. Like KTO said he supposedly was the reason for zone defense, or at least played a big part, he held many Cowboy records and was super dominant. I don’t really hear anyone talk about him. Even when Secret Base did “The Bob Emergency” they mentioned on “Bullet” Bob but not Bob Hayes. Y’all should watch some of his highlights.
rushmore IV you know I read your comment then got to the part of the video...how could a track runner not know was the first thing that I thought of too! C’mon man huh?
Why ask why? That kind of track has been obsolete for probably 40 years. Im sure he's prob never seen or ran on one so why would he know? Its like asking a kid now about the wishbone offense or the wide tackle 6 defense!
@@bigred5222 there are still cinder tracks in use today. there's 3 in my home state in fact. Times are quicker than grass, and you cant run on it without spikes..the top layer is slippery. But they are quick tracks. They had to be considering athletes were running low 10s on them before they werent used anymore.
Yeah I remember that, and he was in my Air Guard unit. Fastest man. Howard Cosell ran his mouth and said Bob was slowing down, so that summer Bob went out and broke his own speed records!!!!
@@cattycats4 1. Relay legs are not official. 2. His split was hand timed. 3. There is speculation on when the clock started. He got the baton after he crossed mid zone which means he ran less than 100m 4. The guys he ran agsinst on the anchor leg were not the cream of the crop. 5. There are reported times of 8.5-8.9. Who knows which is correct?
I get a kick out of the example highlight they always run for Bob Hayes to demonstrate how fast he really was. It was his 1966 race at the Cotton Bowl vs the Giants no. 48 Clarence Childs, where Childs actually gained a little on Hayes, but not enough to catch him. By the way, Childs was Hayes roommate at FAMU, and quite possibly the second faster player in the NFL in 1966, hang run the hundred yard dash in college in 9.3 seconds (Hayes was 9.1).
Hey nobody talks about Tony Dorsett, and Herschel Walker... Dorsett burst and acceleration made him a home run threat anytime there was the slightest crease in the defence. And Herschel ran a 10.1 in college, and had that same burst like Dorsett, just 10-15 pounds heavier.
No one talks about Dorsett because he did not have world class speed. Walker's best 100m is 10.23. The 10.1 was wind aided and does not count. Dorsett weighed 192lbs Walker weighed 225. That is 33lbs heavier. 10.23 would rank Walker tied for 28th all time in NFL history among players with actual verified100m dash times.
sydboski a 10.00 on dirt is faster than a 9.95 on a rubber track an not too mention that bob hayes is actually the first man too unofficially run under 10 seconds he did it twice once in 1963 when he was still at famu(on a dirt track) an then again at the Olympic semifinals (again on a dirt track) both times however were wind aided but still if he had ran that on a modern day track or the type of track they ran on back in 1968 he would be considered not only the fastest nfl player ever but would be considered one of the fastest all time in track an field
Both Willie Gault and Renaldo Nehemiah would have won both a Super Bowl and an Olympic Gold Medal if the US hadn't boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. Gault won the Super Bowl with the Bears in 1986 (SBXX) and while he probably would not have won the individual 100 meters in the 1980 Olympics, he would have been part of a heavily favored American 4x100 meter relay team... Nehemiah won the Super Bowl with the Niners in 1985 (SBXIX) and was the world record holder in the 110 meter hurdles going into the 1980 Olympics...
"Lore Like Status" = "Credit him with the creation of zone defense" "Bob Hayes was drafted in the 1964 NFL Draft." "Jerry Williams, was the Eagles defensive backs coach from 1957 to 1963. In the 1960 NFL Championship, Williams and the Eagles needed to find a way to beat the great Vince Lombardi and the Packers. So Williams invented the nickel defense -- five defensive backs instead of four. The Eagles won the Championship 17-13."
@@sydboski That may be true, but I imagine that if the cinder track that Hayes ran on in the Olympics had been in better shape and Hayes had his own shoes than the ones that he borrowed, he could have ran under 10 seconds.
@@rebelranger Hayes ran in his own shoes plenty of times. He never ran faster. If anything the shoes helped him run faster than he ever did before. They were more of a help than hinderance. The times dont lie. The fastest he ever ran was on that track in those shoes.
Imagine back in the days...Your coach tells you that TODAY you're going to be covering the 'bullet'...I would be terrified. I would yell, ' HOW THE HELL ARE YOU SUPPOSE TO STOP A BULLET?...YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING, COACH ' lol
Bo Jackson is one of the greatest athletes of all time. He was blazing fast and no doubt would be even faster if he got to wear to tiny pads guys wear now
Great video every NFL fan should watch this if nothing else just to understand the difference between acceleration and seperation, thank you!!
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Darrell Green chased down Tony Dorsett, but here's another one, LARRY ALLEN, a 325 Offensive Guard chased down a defensive player who intercepted Troy Aikman. He wasn't a running back but you should still show the clip. It's against the New Orleans Saints. And let's not forget his bench press of over 700 pounds! Little guys run fast, some run faster than others. But show a race with the equivalent of a freight train. Larry Allen and a few other 300 pound guys. That would be monster!
