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[Brutal]

.....world rankings in 1947 in all those year only one sprinter has been world ranked that would end up a running back in the NFL.....mmmmm?

[guru]

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Herschel Walker?

[tafnut]

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Curtis Dickey!

[EastBayprepoftheweek67]

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Ollie Matson: World ranked 4th, 1952 400m, Pro Football Hall of Fame, fullback.

[hj197steve]

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East bay darn it you beat me !

[EPelle]

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Eastbay -- what were you prep of week for? When?

[rosa saks]

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does eric metcalf count as a sprinter, or a running back? any other jumpers?

[Brutal]

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I was actually referring to Curtis Dickey. I hadn't forgot about Matson but was talking the 100.I did say "sprinter" however.......my bad!

So who was the "first" real speedster at wide receiver he was an NCAA champ in the 100yard dash.

[Sprintstatman]

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Please excuse my limey ignorance, but why isn't the answer Bob Hayes?

[Realist]

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Hayes wasn't a running back, he was a receiver.

[highjumpsteve]

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>Please excuse my limey ignorance, but why isn't the answer Bob Hayes?

Hayes was not a "running back", he was a wide receiver.

[dj]

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So who was
>the "first" real speedster at wide receiver he was an NCAA champ in the
>100yard dash.

Bob Boyd. Before that, the NCAA champ who made it in pro football (as a DB, I believe) was Buddy Young.

[Brutal]

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Yep Loyola's Bob Boyd!

Buddy Young was the first of the black speedsters at runnuing back.He was also an NCAA 100 champ while at Illinois,all 5-4 0f him!

[Brutal]

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Bullet Bob was a running back while at Florida A&M. The Cowboys made a receiver out of him. Their idea was who couldn't he outrun....hahahaha!! Deep!!!!!!

[tafnut]

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The Bob Hayes 'trivia' fact. NFL zone defenses were 'invented' to contain him deep. Before that they were mostly man-to-man. How would you like to have been the safety who had to cover him on a crossing pattern?!