bob hayes

Wide receiver Jersey #(s):

22 Born: December 20, 1942(1942-12-20)

Jacksonville, Florida Died: September 18, 2002 (aged 59)

Jacksonville, Florida Career information Year(s): 1965–1975 NFL Draft: 1964 / Round: 7 / Pick: 88 College: Florida A&M Professional teams Dallas Cowboys (1965-1974) San Francisco 49ers (1975) Career stats Receptions 371 Receiving Yards 7,414 Touchdowns 71 Stats at NFL.com Career highlights and awards 3x Pro Bowl selection (1965, 1966, 1967) 2x Associated Press First-team All-Pro selection (1966, 1968) 1x Associated Press Second-team All-Pro selection (1967) 1x United Press International First-team All-Pro selection (1966) 3x United Press International Second-team All-Pro selection (1965, 1967, 1968) Super Bowl VI champion Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor Pro Football Hall of Fame Olympic medal record Men's Athletics Gold 1964 Tokyo 100 metres Gold 1964 Tokyo 4x100m relay

Robert Lee ("Bullet Bob") Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002) was an Olympic gold-medal sprinter turned NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys. An American track and field athlete, he was a two-sport stand-out in college in both track and football at Florida A&M University. Hayes was enshrined in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor in 2001 and was selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January 2009.

Once considered the world's fastest man by virtue of his multiple world records in the 60-yard, 100-yard, 220-yard, and Olympic 100-meter dashes, Hayes is the only man to win both an Olympic gold and a Super Bowl ring. Contents [hide] 1 College 2 Olympics 3 Professional Football Career 3.1 Early Years 3.2 Multiple Offensive Threat 3.3 Cowboy Records 4 Death 5 Pro Football Hall of Fame 5.1 2004 Controversy 5.2 2009 Induction 6 References 7 External links //

College

Hayes was also the first person to break six seconds in the 60 yard dash with his indoor world record of 5.9 seconds. While a student at Florida A&M in 1962, Hayes ran a new world record for the 100 yard dash with a time of 9.2 seconds. The next year he broke his own record with a time of 9.1, a record that would not be broken for eleven years (until Ivory Crockett ran a 9.0 in 1974). That same year, Hayes set the world best for 200 meters (20.5 seconds, although the time was never ratified) and tied the world record for the 220 yard dash with a time of 20.6 seconds (while running into an eight mph wind).

He was the AAU 100 yard dash champion three years running, from 1962–1964, and in 1964 was the NCAA champion in the 200 meter dash. He would miss part of his senior year in college because of his 1964 Olympic bid for U.S. Gold.

Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Hayes had his finest hour as a sprinter. First, he won the 100 m by tying the current World Record in the 100 m with a time of 10.0 seconds, even though he was running in lane 1 which had, the day before, been used for the 10km and this badly