Trivia

[bigfish]

Who is the only(I think) person to hold an interscholastic T&F record and be in the Pro. Football Hall of Fame?

[hjsteve1.97]

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I'll guess Ollie Matson. I think he had the HS 440 record at one time.

[tandfman]

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Terry Bradshaw?

[hjsteve1.97]

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>Terry Bradshaw?
I think you're right tandfman, as a matter of fact I know you are. Maybe Matson's correct too but Bradshaw's a slam dunk.

[No Name]

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What was Bradshaw's event? Javelin?

[hjsteve1.97]

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>What was Bradshaw's event? Javelin?

yes, and name another NFL'er that may STILL hold the HS Jav record

[bigfish]

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Terry Bradshaw is the correct answer. The other NFL player that also held the javelin record at one time was Russ Francis. Will leave it to Gary Hill to tell us if Ollie Matson once held the HS 440 record.

[hjsteve1.97]

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AFTER I guessed at Matson, I did a quick google on him.... found some info that said he ran a 47.1n in an open meet behind McKenley while in HS, for an "all time HS best." Still do not know if he also had an official HS record. Garry ??!!

[dj]

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Matson had the fastest mark time ever by a high school kid with the 47.1 when he was 2nd in the PacAAU in Berkeley, June 5 '48. But the fastest mark in a high school meet was a 48.2 by Herb Moxley back in 1928.

Matson confused the issue some more when he won a high school race within an open meet and following the high school season. He won the Alhambra Games on 6/25/48 with a 47.8.

Pick whichever record you want.

[gh]

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Yes, Matson (Washington, San Francisco) ran 47.1 for 440y to set HSR in 1948. Although that became the HSR, it wasn't the fastest 440 ever run by a San Francisco high schooler. Who was faster and why wasn't his time the HSR?

[hjsteve1.97]

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>Matson had the fastest mark time ever by a high school kid with the 47.1 when
>he was 2nd in the PacAAU in Berkeley, June 5 '48. But the fastest mark in a
>high school meet was a 48.2 by Herb Moxley back in 1928.

Matson confused the
>issue some more when he won a high school race within an open meet and
>following the high school season. He won the Alhambra Games on 6/25/48 with a
>47.8.

Pick whichever record you want.

how about it bigfish, can I get a co-winners plaque or at least an atta boy ?

[bigfish]

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To: hjsteve1.97: Will declare you a co-winner once you tell me if Russ Francis was the other NFL player you were looking for who once held the high school javelin record.

[stevehj197]

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yes !

[billthedog]

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Because it was run on a straight course, of course. The man's name was Frank Sloman, 47 flat, 1912?

[gh]

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Yes, Frank Sloman of SF Poly, in 1915. But not only was it a straightaway, it was also classified as wind-aided! (faster than WR at the time)

In the IAAF WR Prog book, it's interesting to read that the timers started in the middle of the course to get their watches started, then jumped into a car to get to the finish to stop the watches!