The football 100 meters

[Texas]

heat 1 (9.5/10.40 to qualify)

*** Olympian

lane

1.Hercshel Walker...Georgia
2.Travis Williams...Arizona State
3.Trindon Holliday...LSU
4.Curtis Conway...USC
5.John Roderick...SMU
6.Mark Duper...NWLa
7.O.J.Simpson...USC
8.Bobby Boyd...Loyola

heat 2

lane

1.Pat Johnson...Oregon
2.Andrew Hopkins...Stephen F. Austin
3.Willie Gault...Tennessee
4.Henry Carr...Arizona State ***
5.John Capel...Florida ***
6.Clyde Glosson...Texas Western
7.Deion Sanders....Florida State
8.Clarence Childs...Florida A&M

heat 3

lane

1.Bob Hayes...Florida A&M ***
2.Wesley Walker....Cal
3.Ken Burrough....Texas Southen
4.Len Willis..Ohio State
5.Frank Budd...Villanova ***
6.Joe Delaney...NWLa
7.Xavier Carter...LSU
8.Sam Graddy...Tennessee ***

heat 4

lane

1.Mike Miller...Tennessee
2.Phil Epps...TCU
3.Mel Gray...Missouri
4.Ron Brown...Arizona State ***
5.Stone Johnson...Grambling ***
6.Buddy Young....Illinois
7.Jamaal Charles...Texas
8.Sultan McCullough...USC

heat 5

lane

1.Ray Norton...San Jose State ***
2.Lenny Lyles...Louisville
3.Javid Best....Cal
4.Isacc Curtis...Cal
5.Tony Jones...Texas
6.Alvis Whitted...NCSt
7.Leonard Scott...Tennessee
8.Darrel Green...Texas A&I

heat 6

lane

1.Richmond Flowers....Tennessee
2.James Trapp...Clemson
3.Michael Bates....Arizona ***
4.Michael Haynes..Northern Arizona
5.Cyril Pinder...Illinois
6.Cecil Turner...CPSLO
7.Michael Bennett...Wisconsin
8.Sammie Parker...Oregon

heat 7

lane

1.Willie McGee...Alcorn
2.Terrence Newman...Kansas State
3.Herkie Walls...Texas
4.J' Warren Hooker....Washington
5.Larry Burton....Purdue ***
6.Gerald Tinker...Kent State ***
7.Harold Jackson...Jackson State
8.Anthony Miller...Tennessee

heat 8

lane

1.Johnny Jones....Texas ***
2.Homer Jones...Texas Southern
3.James Jett...West Virginia ***
4.Cliff Branch...Colorado
5.Charles Frazier...Texas Southern
6.Jeff Demps...Florida
7.J.D. Hill...Arizona State
8.Curtis Dickey...Texas A&M

Yes some mentioned above weren't great footballers regardless of the speed. Then there were some who were all pros. Then there's guys like Houston McTear who avgeraged over 14 yards a carry at Baker High who left football in high school.


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Last season McTear, who is 5'8" and 160 pounds, started at running back for Baker. Working out of a Wishbone, he gained 1,380 yards in 96 carries. That is a 14.4-yard average. He scored 16 touchdowns, four of them on passes. Hendrix likes to say that every time the Gators shook McTear loose, he was gone for a touchdown. "His running aside," says Allen Trammell, an assistant coach at Florida, " McTear showed me exceptional hands and a lot of durability. He's sure welcome at Florida, and I think if he came here he'd do well enough to attract the pros." Trammell coaches defensive backs. "If ever I had to prepare my guys for a nine-flat sprinter, I wouldn't sleep for five nights," he says. "He'd get double coverage even if he never caught a pass."

The question is not whether McTear can play major-college football, but whether he will play. Will Willoughby doubts it. Willoughby is McTear's track coach and primary influence. It was his persuasion that made McTear drop football, an unpopular decision at Baker.

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So if we look at running backs who could/did run a sub 10.15 sometime in their athlectic career, that would be...

McTear
Demps
Holliday
Dickey
Bob Hayes who was a running back in college.

[bijanc]

Football 100M

Rod Woodson
Edesel Garrison
Travis Williams
Don Shy
Bobby Mitchell
Frank Pitts
El Dubenion
Odell Barry

[Texas]

Re: Football 100M

Rod Woodson
Edesel Garrison
Travis Williams
Don Shy
Bobby Mitchell
Frank Pitts
El Dubenion
Odell Barry

Rod Woodson...Purdue...a hurdler who might have ran a 10.40 100
Edesel Garrison...USC...did he ever really play?
Travis Williams....ASU...he's in heat 1
Don Shy...A 13.4 hurdler at San Diego State. 100..???
Bobby Mitchell...A 9.6/13.7 guy while at Ilinois
Frank Pitts...he might have ran a 9.5 while at Southern U
El Dubenion....I have a 9.7 while at Blufton
Odell Barry....what did he run the 100 in?

[bijanc]

100 M

Yep- Garrison played in the early 70's, when Plunkett was at Stanford (he was on the Clarence Davis/Tody Smith "Wild Bunch" teams). I take it from the best (conf. champ) hurdle times of the others that they were pretty swift w/o the barriers. Was tempted to name Ollie Matson too.

[Texas]

Re: 100 M

Yep- Garrison played in the early 70's, when Plunkett was at Stanford (he was on the Clarence Davis/Tody Smith "Wild Bunch" teams). I take it from the best (conf. champ) hurdle times of the others that they were pretty swift w/o the barriers. Was tempted to name Ollie Matson too.

Hurdlers and the NFL? Cool!

All the below could run sub 14.00

Bobby Mitchell...Illinois
Reyna Thompson...Baylor
Mel Renfro...Oregon
Rod Woodson..Purdue
Willie Gault..Tennessee
Earl McCullouch...USC
Bennie McRae...Michigan
Gene Washington..Michigan State
Richmond Flowers....Tennessee
Jerry Tarr....Oregon
James Owens...UCLA
Quadry Ismail...Syracuse
Tyrone Wheatley...Michigan
Fair Hooker...ASU

Renaldo Nehemiah...Maryland (added)

I think Matson ran a 9.6.

[paulthefan]

going back some.. what was the LSU Heisman trophy winner that ran a 9.7 100yard ... Billy Cannon.

[jhc68]

My money says Napoleon Kaufman could have beaten at least half the guys on these lists.

[Texas]

going back some.. what was the LSU Heisman trophy winner that ran a 9.7 100yard ... Billy Cannon.

Let's see ..hmm...the fastest white footballers?

John Roderick...SMU/9.3
John Riggins....Kansas/9.6? (I'm guessing he was a lot lighter in high school when he ran that)
Tim Dwight....Iowa/10.33w
Sonny Randle....9.7
Don Hutson....Alabama/9.8
Billy Cannon....LSU/9.7
Jerry Tarr....Oregon/13.3
Richmond Flowers....Tenn/9.4
Hugh McElhenny....Washington/9.7?

Then there's...

Roger Carr
Don Beebe
Travis Jervey
Wes Welker

....who were obviously fast but I have no 100 times for them.

[Texas]

My money says Napoleon Kaufman could have beaten at least half the guys on these lists.

Did he ever break a 10.40? He was one of those like a Reggie Bush who ran far faster on a football field than he did a track. Yes I know, he was a Cali State champ in the 100m.

[richxx87]

Re: 100 M

Hurdlers and the NFL? Cool!

All the below could run sub 14.00

Bobby Mitchell...Illinois
Reyna Thompson...Baylor
Mel Renfro...Oregon
Rod Woodson..Purdue
Willie Gault..Tennessee
Earl McCullouch...USC
Bennie McRae...Michigan
Gene Washington..Michigan State
Richmond Flowers....Tennessee
Jerry Tarr....Oregon
James Owens...UCLA
Quadry Ismail...Syracuse
Tyrone Wheatley...Michigan
Fair Hooker...ASU

I think Matson ran a 9.6.

And how did we forget one of the greatest hurdlers ever, one Renaldo Nehemiah. He averaged nearly 18 yards per catch in his three years with Niners and has a Super Bowl ring to show for his efforts.
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ ... /index.htm

[Texas]

Re: 100 M

Hurdlers and the NFL? Cool!

All the below could run sub 14.00

Bobby Mitchell...Illinois
Reyna Thompson...Baylor
Mel Renfro...Oregon
Rod Woodson..Purdue
Willie Gault..Tennessee
Earl McCullouch...USC
Bennie McRae...Michigan
Gene Washington..Michigan State
Richmond Flowers....Tennessee
Jerry Tarr....Oregon
James Owens...UCLA
Quadry Ismail...Syracuse
Tyrone Wheatley...Michigan
Fair Hooker...ASU

I think Matson ran a 9.6.

And how did we forget one of the greatest hurdlers ever, one Renaldo Nehemiah. He averaged nearly 18 yards per catch in his three years with Niners and has a Super Bowl ring to show for his efforts.
http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ ... /index.htm

I hear ya, my bad! He's been added. It's just that his NFL carreer pales in comparision to the other "great" hurdlers like Woodson and Gault. I can't have a Jerry Tarr however and not have Nehemiah.

[paulthefan]

going back some.. what was the LSU Heisman trophy winner that ran a 9.7 100yard ... Billy Cannon.

Let's see ..hmm...the fastest white footballers?
...

Then there's...


Wes Welker

....who were obviously fast but I have no 100 times for them.

I dont see Welker as a sprinter at all... he is all footballer.

[bijanc]

Grid

Ray Renfro and Del Shofner were very fast in college. Boyd Dowler ran some decent hurdle times in school- espec. for a big man.

Back to the hurdles topic- there was J.C. Caroline at Illinois. Art Monk at Syracuse. Q'adry Ismail. Gene Washington at Mich. State. NFL rosters have been rife w/ hurdlers.

[Texas]

Re: Grid

Ray Renfro and Del Shofner were very fast in college. Boyd Dowler ran some decent hurdle times in school- espec. for a big man.

Back to the hurdles topic- there was J.C. Caroline at Illinois. Art Monk at Syracuse. Q'adry Ismail. Gene Washington at Mich. State. NFL rosters have been rife w/ hurdlers.

Do you read who I list?

[Texas]

going back some.. what was the LSU Heisman trophy winner that ran a 9.7 100yard ... Billy Cannon.

Let's see ..hmm...the fastest white footballers?
...

Then there's...


Wes Welker

....who were obviously fast but I have no 100 times for them.

I dont see Welker as a sprinter at all... he is all footballer.

If you saw him at Texas Tech you might change your mind. He had a lot of long speedy runs.