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Robert Lee Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002), nicknamed "Bullet Bob", was an American sprinter and professional football player. After winning gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics , he played as a split end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys (for 11 seasons).
📲 Subscribe to @olympics: http://oly.ch/Subscribe Highlights from the Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games as the USA's Bob Hayes wins the gold medal in the men's 100m...
Bob Hayes was an American sprinter who, although he was relatively slow out of the starting block and had an almost lumbering style of running, was a remarkably powerful sprinter with as much raw speed as any athlete in history.
Sep 19, 2002 · "Bullet" Bob Hayes, the Olympic gold medal sprinter and Dallas Cowboys receiver who was once deemed the fastest man alive, has died. He was 59. He died of kidney failure at Shands Hospital late...
'Bullet' Bob Hayes died on 19 September 2002 in his hometown of Jacksonville after a long battle with prostate cancer and liver ailments. But the two-time Olympic champion and Super Bowl winning NFL Hall of Famer will long be remembered as a man who left an indelible mark on two sports.
When Bob Hayes arrived on the pro football scene in 1965, he had already earned athletic stardom having won a pair of gold medals in the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo. His medal-winning performance in the 100 meters competition earned him the title "World's Fastest Human."
Bob Hayes is arguably the fastest sprinter of all time before the Usain Bolt era. During his four years at Florida A&M, Hayes lost only two of 62 finals at 100y or 100m. At 100m he had a best time of 10.06, which he clocked in the Olympic final on a cinder track after running a wind-assisted 9.91 in the semi-finals.
Jun 21, 2023 · A muscle-bound, pigeon-toed 20-year-old college American football star from Florida A&M University, “Bullet” Bob Hayes – as he became known to the sporting world – rumbled out of his blocks on the rapid asphalt-rubber track at the Public Schools Stadium in St Louis and blasted to victory in the AAU Championships 100 yards final on 21 ...
The only athlete to claim a Super Bowl championship ring and Olympic gold won the Tokyo 1964 men's 100m dash and went on to win ... Show more. The American sprints to the Tokyo 1964 men's 100m dash crown. Hayes went on to win the 4x100m relay at the same Games and had a successful NFL career.
The only athlete to win an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl, Bob Hayes, snags the number two spot of fastest players.Subscribe to the NFL YouTube channel ...
