The question was asked .....how many 4.3 black footbalers are there?
I'm first and foremost a track guy with sprints being my main interest.
If we are talking national/world class sprinters and football then it looks like this....
Olympian ***
Buddy Young NCAA/AAU Champ...all 5-4 of him
Ollie Matson***
Bobby Boyd NCAAChamp
Bob Hayes*** WR holder
Henry Carr*** WR holder 200m
Clarence Childs
Marqiuz Goodwin
Eugene White
Homer Jones.....daddy of the spike, first player to run back a KO to score on MNF.
Ken Burrough
Warrick Dunn
James Lofton
Renaldo Nehemiah
Virgil Livers
Charlie Frazier
Rod Barksdale
Tony Jones
Herkie Walls
O.J.Simpson
Ray Norton*** WR holder
Frank Budd*** WR holder
Jamaal Charles
Tyreek Hill
Jeff Demps***
Xavier Carter
John Capel
Sultan McCullough
Kareem Kelly
Darrin Nelson
Len Willis
Mark Duper
Joe Delaney
Mike Miller
Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion
Lenny Lyles
Sammie Parker
Darrel Green...NFL Fastest Man
Willie Gault***
Cecil Turner
Herschel Walker
Deion Sanders
Alexander Wright NFL Fastest Man
Rocket Ismail
Bo Jackson
Travis Williams
Cliff Branch
Jacoby Ford
James Jett***
James Trapp
Alvis Whitted
Curtis Dickey...only NFL RB to be world ranked in the 100m (talking his college days)
Phil Epps
Isacc Curtis
Mel Gray
J,D. Hill
Michael Bates***
Ron Brown***
Sam Graddy***
Johnny Jones***
Wesley Walker
Trenton Jackson***
Jerome Mathis
Leonard Scott.....his 9.91 the fastest time ever ran by any footballer
Ken Thomas
Bob Paremore
Rocky Thompson
Stone Johnson ***....killed in a preseason game, a 200m WR holder
Amos Marsh
Terrence Newman
Michael Bennett
Willie McGee....WR 9.1
Curtis Conway
Chris Sanders
Anthony Miller
Michael Haynes...NFL Fastest Man
Ted Ginn Jr
Eddie Kennison...NFL Fastest Man
Larry Burton***
Gerald Tinker***
Guys like Tommie Smith and Jimmy Hines were just experiments that didn't work, so they don't belong.
I'm first and foremost a track guy with sprints being my main interest.
If we are talking national/world class sprinters and football then it looks like this....
Olympian ***
Buddy Young NCAA/AAU Champ...all 5-4 of him
Ollie Matson***
Bobby Boyd NCAAChamp
Bob Hayes*** WR holder
Henry Carr*** WR holder 200m
Clarence Childs
Marqiuz Goodwin
Eugene White
Homer Jones.....daddy of the spike, first player to run back a KO to score on MNF.
Ken Burrough
Warrick Dunn
James Lofton
Renaldo Nehemiah
Virgil Livers
Charlie Frazier
Rod Barksdale
Tony Jones
Herkie Walls
O.J.Simpson
Ray Norton*** WR holder
Frank Budd*** WR holder
Jamaal Charles
Tyreek Hill
Jeff Demps***
Xavier Carter
John Capel
Sultan McCullough
Kareem Kelly
Darrin Nelson
Len Willis
Mark Duper
Joe Delaney
Mike Miller
Elbert "Golden Wheels" Dubenion
Lenny Lyles
Sammie Parker
Darrel Green...NFL Fastest Man
Willie Gault***
Cecil Turner
Herschel Walker
Deion Sanders
Alexander Wright NFL Fastest Man
Rocket Ismail
Bo Jackson
Travis Williams
Cliff Branch
Jacoby Ford
James Jett***
James Trapp
Alvis Whitted
Curtis Dickey...only NFL RB to be world ranked in the 100m (talking his college days)
Phil Epps
Isacc Curtis
Mel Gray
J,D. Hill
Michael Bates***
Ron Brown***
Sam Graddy***
Johnny Jones***
Wesley Walker
Trenton Jackson***
Jerome Mathis
Leonard Scott.....his 9.91 the fastest time ever ran by any footballer
Ken Thomas
Bob Paremore
Rocky Thompson
Stone Johnson ***....killed in a preseason game, a 200m WR holder
Amos Marsh
Terrence Newman
Michael Bennett
Willie McGee....WR 9.1
Curtis Conway
Chris Sanders
Anthony Miller
Michael Haynes...NFL Fastest Man
Ted Ginn Jr
Eddie Kennison...NFL Fastest Man
Larry Burton***
Gerald Tinker***
Guys like Tommie Smith and Jimmy Hines were just experiments that didn't work, so they don't belong.
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