Ken Thomas

[richh]

Brutal's post relating to Houston McTear, and then Ken Thomas was of interest. I tend not to stray onto the message board that often, and was dismayed to see how quickly it degenerated into name calling.
Incidentally Ken Thomas (5'9/211), who was remarkably disimilar physically to younger brother Henry (6'2/170), may have beena db at SJS, but at KC he was a receiver in the 1 year he played.
Must be a typo. Unless Brutal had defected, I doubt he was present to see Bob Hayes win the USA-USSR 100 in 1963 - it was in Moskva. The previous year 9at Stanford) is more likely - when Hayes beat Roger Sayers by 2 foot as both ran 10.2

[Brutal]

Not real sure where you're going with this.

Ken Thomas had two brothers that I know of. There was Jewerl who played for the Rams, who was his older brother and Ike (who I knew personally) his younger brother. Didn't know of a Henry.

While at SJS Ken was a defensive back. The Chiefs drafted him (as you can see below) as a running back. Ken's big track accomplishment was beating world class speedster Clancy Edwards in a 10.0.

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History of those SJS players drafted by the Chiefs.

San Jose State

1990 12 14 318 Tony Jeffery WR
1988 6 2 139 James Saxon RB
1984 11 5 285 Bobby Johnson RB
1983 7 5 173 Ken Thomas RB
1979 4 3 85 Frank Manumaleuga LB
1975 6 9 139 Dave Wasick LB
1972 14 22 360 David Chaney LB

Not sure where you are going with the Hayes bit. I first saw him on TV in the early 60's (not sure what year) vs the USSR.I would see him about a half dozen times on TV as a trackster. Yes I saw the 64 Olympics.

Sayers was one of the few sprinters to beat Hayes in a 100. He only did it once however.

I've sat right next to Ken Thomas at a meet in Lemoore. Built like an anvil. He was out of Hanford High School.

Another paste job where they are talking about Thomas...

Posted by bambi2godzilla on 12/17/2005, 10:12 am
63.249.98.192

The Lowery family has been in Santa Cruz County since the 1960s at least --- this young man reminds me of Ken Thomas, the defensive back who set interception records at San Jose State (most Touchdowns Scored, Interception Returns:
5, Ken Thomas, San Jose State, 1979-82 (tied w/ 2 others)
Mark Conley
Santa Cruz Sentinel
December 17, 2005

I saw him return one of those. Dude I don't make stuff up...ok?

[richh]

Oops, misled you on the Ken Thomas thing. My apology. As far as Hayes is concerned, the old football series "Greatest sports legens" has a DVD called speed burners - covering Hayes (+ Sayers, Simpson, and Elroy Hirsch). The Hayes section has video of his 9.1/9.1w in St Louis 1963, plus 10.2 in the USA-USSR dual in '62, AAU 1964 + OT '64 and TV coverage of the OG 100/400 relay in '64

[Brutal]

Oops, misled you on the Ken Thomas thing. My apology. As far as Hayes is concerned, the old football series "Greatest sports legens" has a DVD called speed burners - covering Hayes (+ Sayers, Simpson, and Elroy Hirsch). The Hayes section has video of his 9.1/9.1w in St Louis 1963, plus 10.2 in the USA-USSR dual in '62, AAU 1964 + OT '64 and TV coverage of the OG 100/400 relay in '64

I must confess I have no idea what any of this is about. The Thomas brothers were from a local high school. What track fan who was around in the 60's doesn't know the Bob Hayes story?

All I can figure is that you don't know me. Big track fan going back to about 62. Sort of an historian to be honest.

[bekeselassie]

Oops, misled you on the Ken Thomas thing. My apology. As far as Hayes is concerned, the old football series "Greatest sports legens" has a DVD called speed burners - covering Hayes (+ Sayers, Simpson, and Elroy Hirsch). The Hayes section has video of his 9.1/9.1w in St Louis 1963, plus 10.2 in the USA-USSR dual in '62, AAU 1964 + OT '64 and TV coverage of the OG 100/400 relay in '64

I must confess I have no idea what any of this is about. The Thomas brothers were from a local high school. What track fan who was around in the 60's doesn't know the Bob Hayes story?

All I can figure is that you don't know me. Big track fan going back to about 62. Sort of an historian to be honest.

Sounds like he's just informing you of a DVD you might be interested in, even if you already know a lot about the subject.