Bob Hayes Is in the Hall of Fame (And It’s About Damn Time!)

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Published: August 9, 2009

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... Dallas Cowboys. Already a world record holder in the 100 meter dash and the owner of an Olympic gold medal, “Bullet” Bob Hayes was known as the the fastest man in the world.

In 2009, he remains the only man to ever earn an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.

Bob Hayes changed the game of football. He was fast, sure, but as former Cowboys master scout Gil Brandt pointed out, he was not a track man who tried his hand at football; he was a football player who excelled on the track field.

Bob Hayes impacted the game of football immensely. In a day when the run was dominant in the NFL, Hayes averaged twenty yards per reception. He scored a touchdown every five times he touched the football. Eighteen times, Bob Hayes scored touchdowns of fifty yards or more. Even though he retired in 1974, and has been succeeded b...

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