Johnny "Lam" Jones

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Whatever happened to Johnny "Lam" Jones. he ran a 9.2 his senior year of high school (1976) finished 4th in the 76' olympic trials 100 meter dash, earned a spot as the 3rd men for the U.S. after Houston McTear pulled up lame finished 5th in the olympic 100 meter final ran 2nd leg on the gold-medal winning 4X100 meter relay and I remember him playing WR for the New York Jets for several years, but I haven't heard of him doing anything in track since 76.

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Re: Johnny

one word: football

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Re: Johnny

After the Olympics he ran a season of track at Texas. They ran him into the ground. He ran so many races in that one season. He was either injured or not interested after that. He did play football for a while in the pros.