If I had my way.......

[Texas]

......we would have seen.

1932 Oly USA 4x1 team

leadoff..Frank Wykoff
second..George Simpson
third..Eddie Tolan
anchor..Ralph Metcalfe

1936 Oly USA 4x1 team

leadoff..Jesse Owens
second..Ralph Metcalfe
third..Mack Robinson
anchor..Eulace Peacock

1940 Oly USA 4x1 team

leadoff..Jesse Owens
second..Eulace Peacock
third..Barney Ewell
anchor..Hal Davis

1944 Oly 4x1 team

leadoff..Ed Conwell
second..Buddy Young
third..Barney Ewell
anchor..Hal Davis

(obviously if I had my way there would be no war. If a 44 Olympics, I see Hal Davis sticking around one more year)

1952 Oly USA 4x1 team

leadoff..Lindy Remigino
second..Jim Golliday
third..Andy Stanfield
anchor..Harrison Dilliard

1956 Oly USA 4x1 team

leadoff..Ira Murchison
second..Bobby Morrow
third..Dave Sime
anchor..Leamon King

1960 Oly USA 4x1 team

leadoff..Frank Budd
second..Charles Tidwell
third..Dave Sime
anchor..Ray Norton

1964 Oly USA 4x1 team

leadoff..Mel Pender
second..Bob Hayes
third..Trenton Jackson
anchor..Henry Carr

1968 Oly USA 4x1 team

leadoff..Charlie Greene
second..John Carlos
third..Jimmy Hines
anchor..Tommie Smith

[paulthefan]

you would have been a good coach, but I would not put Sime (tall and ran high) on the third curve, probably the back stretch or the final. Multiple medalist Thane Baker should be in there somewhere.

[gh]

Why no Owens in 40? He would have been all of 26 that summer, and only 11 months older than Peacock.

Indeed, no reason he wouldn't be on the '44 team either.

[tandfman]

For one thing, Owens had lost his amateur status before 1940. Of course, I suppose if you can wish away World War II, you can certainly ignore a technicality like that.

[gh]

we had also already wished away Peacock's injury by putting him on the '36 team.

[Texas]

you would have been a good coach, but I would not put Sime (tall and ran high) on the third curve, probably the back stretch or the final. Multiple medalist Thane Baker should be in there somewhere.

I always looked at Sime as a solid 200m man. Yes I know so was Baker.

[Texas]

Why no Owens in 40? He would have been all of 26 that summer, and only 11 months older than Peacock.

Indeed, no reason he wouldn't be on the '44 team either.

Why didn't I think of that..EL DUHO! Let's put Jesse on the 40 team, not sure about 44.

[Texas]

For one thing, Owens had lost his amateur status before 1940. Of course, I suppose if you can wish away World War II, you can certainly ignore a technicality like that.

Wars, amateur status...nay! I get what I want :lol:

[rhymans]

For 1960 you could put Morrow on the third leg - at the OT he was level with Norton coming off the curve in the 200. I'd have put Tidwell on the first leg and Norton on the second (in the unreal world Norton would get it right second time)