Yet Another Amazing "Water Cooler" Athlete Steps Forward...Please Help Verify BS for 100M Claim

Maybe it was 100 yards, which would still be flying though.

I immediately thought of that, since he is probably late 40's, maybe even 50, but no freaking way. He also said her really didn't run track in college, just football. 9.1??? What's the 9.1 equiv in meters?

He's obviously talking 100 yards as whatever he did was done on a football field. But that makes no difference whatsoever. It is total baloney at 100 yards as much as it would be at 100 meters. Bob Hayes would have had trouble running 9.7 in full gear, and 9.1 was the world record that he set. Guys is either 1)a lieing idiot,2)is honestly misinformed about the distance, or3) honestly has his times incorrectly remembered.

I guess I can't top this... wrote:

I immediately thought of that, since he is probably late 40's, maybe even 50, but no freaking way. He also said her really didn't run track in college, just football. 9.1??? What's the 9.1 equiv in meters?

A 9.1 for 100 yards is equivalent to a 10 flat for 10 meters. NFW !!!!!

Seems clear from what I've read that it IS Bob Hayes. Congratulations on working with a legend!

a fair number of high schools have practice fields, like many college intramural fields, that are actually only 80 yards. If they never bother to question it, it could be possible that it was on one of these fields. Or he's just a liar. You know, whatever.

stumbler wrote:

Seems clear from what I've read that it IS Bob Hayes. Congratulations on working with a legend!

And a dead one, at that.

There was an article last week on invalid timing in football. It talked about the coach starting the stopwatch when the athlete starts running and stopping it when he passes the coach. It said something about how this shaves a LOT of time off and that's why you always hear about these 4.3 forty-yard defensive linemen.

This probably is the case with your work buddy. A coach probably really did time him at 9.7 in full pads on a 100-yard field. It doesn't mean it is accurate.

Who cares? Let him be a legend in his own mind. He's old and pretty soon all he'll have is his memories. My grandpa used to tell the most outlandish stories in his last few years, but that was his main source of enjoyment at the end. It's like the movie Big Fish. Good stuff.