Shot put and NFL question...

[79.]

Did any World-class shot putter ever play in
the NFL?...

[gh]

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many

[79.]

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The most famous?...

[No Name]

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Jonathan Ogden and Michael Carter, to name a couple.

[Realist]

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Billy Joe who was the first-ever black 60-footer as I recall.

[bricks]

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Jerry Shipkey and Jim Bausch were decathletes and ranked throwers. Shipkey was a pro-bowl player. Bausch played briefly.

[vacationsteve]

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>Billy Joe who was the first-ever black 60-footer as I recall.


How about Ken Bantum ? Forget the football part, but I think maybe he was the first African-American 60 footer.

[gh]

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Right about Bantum. I make that mistake all the time. Joe was the farthest black putter for a long time.

[billthedog]

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"Longest," for God's sake! And even that isn't quite right. At the cost of a few words you have to say he was the black athlete with the longest put, unless you're talking about his own dimensions.

[Since 1956]

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>"Longest," for God's sake! And even that isn't quite right. At the cost of
>a few words you have to say he was the black athlete with the longest put,
>unless you're talking about his own dimensions.

I'm trying to figure out who said, "longest"....

[Bigblue86]

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Michael Carter. Also, Jim "The Anvil" Niedhart. If you remember he wrestled for the WWF in the 1980s and 90s. He was a HS and Collegiate shot putter, with a PR of about 69'.

[gh]

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Pretty sure Neidhart never played in the NFL.

Don't forget Al Blozis, indoor WR holder.

[billthedog]

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I'm trying to figure
>out who said, "longest"....

Nobody. That's the point. GH, following TFN's utterly mistaken usage, described someone as the "farthest" black putter.

[Johnny Walker Red]

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The flipside is that there have probably been dozens of guys who played in the NFL, and college, who never even picked up a shot - but who had the talent to be tops in the world. This isn't idle speculation. I went to HS with a guy who ended up a Hall of Fame offensive lineman, he never tried the shot. He goofed off with it once to show how strong he was as a junior, and fired it waaaaay over 60 feet not knowing what he was doing, and not putting a full effort into it. He was into other things, though. Didn't care for track and field. The coaches went nuts, but he shined them on. They seemed rather scared of this guy anyway.

[Bigblue86]

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>Pretty sure Neidhart never played in the NFL.

I believe Neidhart played for the Oakland Raiders practice squad. Atleast that is what I read in several interviews with him.