Bill Russell is dead but his 66-year old high jump record at Univ of San Fran lives on and may never be broken

RIP Bill Russell

Wilt was the best athlete in NBA history.

Russell also ran 48. in the 400 on the cinders. Wilt was an incredible athlete as well. Great Discus thrower.

Got some old school records there....

110 y 9.6 Ralph Montague 04/22/32 Nevada
Ollie Matson 04/19/52 UC Invite
100 m 10.7 Ralph Montague 06/04/32 Pac Association.............1932????
220 y 20.6 Ralph Montague 06/04/32 Pac Association
200 m 20.5 Ollie Matson 05/01/52 Pac Association
440 y 46.9 Ollie Matson 05/16/52 Coliseum Relays
400 m 46.5 Ollie Matson 06/14/52

Ollie Matson a 1952 Olympic 400m bronze, an NFL Hall of Fame running back.

I believe Matson is the only athlete with an Olympic medal in both the Pro and College Football Hall of Fame.

Rojo, seriously with this title thread? “Bill Russell is dead but his record lives on”? Ugh

There was already a thread that discussed this but I know Rojo was in recovery mode from Worlds.

Never is a long time.

Recovery mode from what? He was at the meet for like two days and came back from the meet like a week ago

Have you ever heard of Jim Thorpe??

OP might have technically been right since Jim Thorpe’s Olympic medals were stripped (since restored) due to him not being an amateur, but that was a technicality and was stupid. Jim Thorpe is also the only athlete ever to have been a professional in the top level of the 3 major American sports (football, basketball, baseball). Greatest athlete of all time.

What if Thorpe had competed vs African American athletes?

Singer Johnny Mathis

Was Johnny Mathis a high jumper?
Standing just 5 feet 7, Mathis was one of the best high jumpers in the state in the 1950s. He set local high school records at Washington High, and as a San Francisco State University student leaped 6 feet 5½ inches at a 1955 conference meet in Reno, beating his 7-foot-tall rival — future NBA legend Bill Russell.

You can see he’s landing in sawdust. Soon after that came foam rubber discards wrapped in netting. He’s doing two legged version of western roll style almost a straight jump over. If guys of that era did Fosbury’s style the record would be much higher. Remember steel and bamboo pole vault poles.?