How an NFL Star With BLAZING SPEED Left Everyone Behind...

[@goldenageofCowboys]

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[@LIE4ME]

Great story. I'm a life long Cowboy fan. Bullet Bob really changed the game. I honestly doubt most men today could handle being the fastest man on Earth in the greatest country on Earth and become an NFL cheat code where there is no answer for your gift and every team has to scramble to see what works best before they play you lol. The fame, riches and pleasures at your fingertips would be too much for most. I appreciate the care and humanity expressed in your retelling of his life. Definitely looking forward to more from you. Instant subscription!

[@daveforeman6931]

How about leaving out players from the 80's and 90's in your video about a guy who played in the 60's and 70's????

[@goldenageofCowboys]

@@daveforeman6931 due to limited data and copyrights, I have to adjust what fully makes the video safe. I can understand your point. Thanks for the recommendation...

[@nickchoporis5901]

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[@miketemple7686]

Your 68?! Dude, you sound like you’re 50 years old😮. What the hell! 👏👏👏👏

[@edalder2000]

I grew up in Annapolis and Roger Staubach is revered as the greatest Navy football player. That he would lead the effort to get Bob Hayes in The NFL Hall of Fame sounds about right. Staubach is pure class.

[@troyjohnson9123]

Oh man was Staubach great. Unfortunately his naval committment cut many years off of his career.

[@skybarwisdom]

I've seen several YT commenters in other videos mention how Bob Hayes didn't have good hands, but then I read somewhere that the receivers coach for the Cowboys also was the coach for legendary Lance Alworth and he stated Bobs hands were as good as Lance's, also Staubach said he had good hands, so I'll ignore the YT criticizers from now on.

[@roberthamill9552]

​@@troyjohnson9123 The Cowboys at one time had three really good QB's on their roster: Staubach, Craig Morton and Jerry Rhome, who had led the nation in passing at Tulsa. Morton eventually went to Denver, where he lost to Roger and the Cowboys in the Super Bowl (January '78), and Rhome had become a long time very good Offensive Coordinator in the league.

[@AtheoPaganSith]

brady/bird/babe = BEST BALLERS BERIOD!!!

[@dudermcdude9245]

Staubach asked Hayes why Landry called him by his first name but always called him by his last name. Staubach said he was an Academy grad and an officer… Hayes responded…9 flat.

[@ShadowHawk4219]

Forever Rest in Paradise Bullet Bob Hayes, you earned it through the good times and your fight to right your ship.

[@skybarwisdom]

Before the Cowboys drafted Bob Hayes, they never had a winning season, afterwards they never had a losing season. Legend

[@troyjohnson9123]

As a 6 year old, he became my football idol. 1966. 49 catches, 13 TDs averging 26 yards a catch. Incredible!

[@davidabraxas3757]

and they never won a championship either, until 1971, when they also had lance alworth, mike ditka, Roger Staubach, Craig Morton, Duane Thomas, rayfield Wright, herb adderley, cliff harris, charlie Waters and many others, all of whom were not on the roster until 1970. why don't you learn something about the history of the game before you babble!!!!

[@keithharrison9797]

BLACK EXCELLENCE , THANK YOU !

[@DP-gm1ct]

@@keithharrison9797 what about Asian excellence

[@keithharrison9797]

@@DP-gm1ct Bob Hayes is not Asian !

[@paulnavarro3822]

Thanks for the beautiful memories! Back in the day, in the 1960s, when I (70 years old now) was growing up in West Dallas, the neighborhood kids would play two hand touch football on the unpaved streets. We also played at the Catholic Elementary school during our one-hour lunch break. Every kid went by a Dallas Cowboy Name when playing. I was known as Pete Gent for a while. However, the coveted Name by everyone was Bob Hayes, the which was given to the fastest boy in the team. The fastest boy was George Williams, he was "Bob Hayes", so the defense always double covered him. Those were the days! Bob Hayes didn't run, he GALLOPED!! He was amazing to watch, especially after he caught a "bomb".

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

Wow. I didn't know Hayes revolutionized the entire position and view of Wide Receiver, QB and Defense. He created the Zone D!! And his personal evolution was incredible. Thanks for this!!

[@cee128d]

The NY Giants invented the Zone Defense in he 1950s to thwart the Pass Happy Cleveland browns. It was called the Unbrella Defense at the time, and Cowboy's Head Coach Tom Landry was one of the players on that defense.

[@KorithStoneheart]

Heck yeah! Hopefully this sends you on an epic football rabbit hole. Check out Tombstone Jackson. The greatest defensive end ever that you've never heard of haha

[@cee128d]

@@KorithStoneheart Yes, he was great, but hardly unknown to real football fans who are old enough to have watched him play.

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

@@KorithStoneheart Will do!!!

[@TheGreatness-gg1jx]

@@cee128d Ahhh. Thanks for that addition.

[@northernguy8860]

Really enjoyed watching this. As a young kid, I remember watching games just to see him fly.

[@goldenageofCowboys]

Happy you enjoyed it..

[@omarsalinas1557]

@@goldenageofCowboysdang this brought back memories of me as a kid in the 70’s watching him play, he and Craig Morton were amazing to watch. Followed by he and Roger the Dodger. Thanks for the memories sir.

[@roberthamill9552]

Bob also returned punts and kickoffs, alongside defensive back Mel Renfro, who set world records running track while at the University of Oregon. (Another Cowboy defensive back, Mike Gaechter, was on the same relay team there). Hayes and Renfro were known as the Jet Set; teams didn't know which one of them to kick to.

[@roberthamill9552]

I was born and raised in Grand Prairie, Texas, a suburb of Dallas to the west, where Charley Taylor was born and raised before he, too, went to the NFL, played for the longtime nemesis of the Cowboys, the Washington Redskins, and who also is in the Hall of Fame. While in junior high, 1969, our town's schools had just desegregated (about time), and we gained a running back named Don Marshall, who ran the 100 yard dash in 9.6 seconds, just .5 behind Hayes' 9.1. As quarterback, a handoff I usually made to any other back would be a pitch out to him. I wasn't about to tell him to slow down!Sadly, the high school coaches misused him, and injuries took their toll on his legs. He was meant to go to the Hall of Fame, he was that good.

[@AtheoPaganSith]

and then along came STEVE LARGENT lol. the larry bird of football to break those records.

[@t4texastom587]

I'm a Tom Landry-era Dallas Cowboys fan, since 1963. The Cowboys had some great receivers...Billy Howton, Buddy Dial, Frank Clarke, Pete Gent, before drafting Bob Hayes, but Hayes gave Tom Landry AND Don Meredith a speed-burner that pro football had never before witnessed. God bless our pro football heroes from a bygone era 🏈

[@LIBlurr]

I’m 72 and remember watching him and how he changed the game. Within 2 yrs teams were digning track stars. My NY Giants had Homer Jones( still NFL record for 25 yds/ catch)! Also had DB’s -Henry Carr and Clarence Childs all low 9 second 100’s! Exciting times.

[@miketemple7686]

Bob Hayes is STILL a legend in Texas.

[@jameswinston5512]

I started watching football in 1972 as a 12yrs. Old kid, so I was fortunate enough to at least see a piece of great players like Bob hayes

[@AtheoPaganSith]

dang, as an old man, you must have seen a lot.

[@cdgee6399]

Bob was one of my childhood heros!

[@LadyJo645]

On the track-and-field oval, Hayes tied the world record in the 100-yard dash with a time of 9.3 seconds. He tied it again in 1962, when a new record had been set at 9.2. Then, in 1963, he set a new record - 9.1 seconds - that stood unbroken for more than a decade. Hayes also led the Rattlers with 11 touchdowns that season, rushing for 260 yards on 55 carries and catching 15 passes for 401 yards.

[@12BITSOUL]

He is the reason why they have zone defense.....wow!

[@sydboski]

The zone defense was invented in 1942 by Cam Henderson of Marshall University.

[@emmettlewis2312]

The NFL is full of 💩 they wait until he's dead to put him in the HOF. Did the same thing to Cliff Branch of my Raiders.

[@goldenageofCowboys]

Yes, that's true...

[@2GunRock]

And one of the biggest HOF snubs till this day is another Raider ... Lester Hayes. And I'm not even a Raiders fan, but it's criminal that Hayes remains snubbed.

[@Drew-pf4fq]

The NFL has nothing to do with HOF induction. The Hall sets rules for eligibility, and the media votes.

[@jjones317]

That’s true and I’ve never understood that nonsense. I wish the fans could do something to make these insensitive jerks do the right thing.

[@ThankGodImBlack370]

They'll do the same thing with Too Tall

[@mousec2600]

This was wildly entertaining. You did an outstanding job.

[@goldenageofCowboys]

Thank you for the appreciation.

[@wilbertmcbride498]

BULLET BOB HAYES......I Grew Up Watching him When he played for The Dallas Cowboys.

[@Visionary0001]

For professional American Football at the elite level, there is an important difference between QUICKNESS and SPEED. Fortunately, Bob Hayes had the very highest level of BOTH. Note that since his time, there have been plenty of track athletes with World-Class speed who have not seen success on the football field, because their speed only helped them on distances that were longer than 100 yards. Hayes had EXPLOSIVE speed over short distances.

[@sydboski]

There have been plenty that did not make it and there are plenty that DID make it.

[@gilbertramos6039]

Bob Hayes is so great that he moonlights as Emmitt Smith in this video.

[@goldenageofCowboys]

Yes, Editor's mistake. We are trying to improve with every new video. Thanks for Watching and noticing it. 😃

[@johnhardman825]

I was lucky, my father took my brother and I to lots of Cowboy games starting in 1964. He was a rookie in 1965. Saw him play at lest 75 of his Cowboy games live!

[@williampowell1537]

Wow! Not too many still amongst us can say that.

[@johnhardman825]

@@williampowell1537 Thanks, I was very lucky!

[@Sm1ret]

Thank you very much for sharing this. I remember watching Bullet Bob and Golden Richards tear up the football field among with Rodger the Doger Starbauch and Bob Newhouse. Ah, those were the days. 😊

[@williampowell1537]

and don't forget about the original #33. RB Duane Thomas.

[@CosmosDweller]

I remember Hayes well. He attended a cross town high school Gilbert and I attended Stanton. He was always at one of the recreational parks here with other local standouts. He ran track and played football in high school. I witnessed maybe the only time he was defeated in a track meet when Alfred Austin edged him out in a 100 yard dash at Simon Johnson park. We know him as 'crow'.

[@deanbeaty7705]

Why is #22 Emmit Smith here? Bob Hayes, the og 22!! Most exciting player in the NFL.

[@docmalthus]

Defensive backs had to get a whole lot faster after Bob Hayes too, zone or no zone.

[@leroyhubbard6704]

This is such a good video to see and hear all the good and less not so good. His Cowboys team mates come to his rescue and I am so Happy to read and see.

[@Sammytwo4]

The Cowboys practiced in The summer in Thousand oaks. My Pop Warner team was the cowboys. We loved Bob 💙 the world fastest human. Great story 👍 Thank you.

[@MADNEWYORKER914]

We are some extraordinary people!!!👍🏿✊🏾

[@BT4EVER]

YESSSS WE ARE!

[@jennystryker2967]

I have always been a Giants fan. The Great Bob Hayes was Always my Favorite player. There will never be another one like him. Rest in Peace Mr. Hayes.

[@d.e.b.b5788]

It was Hayes who converted millions of football fans into Dallas Cowboy fans. it's him who made Dallas 'America's team'.

[@goldenageofCowboys]

True Influencer....

[@cindystucker4834]

I was in Jr. High when Bob was on the Cowboys. He was my favorite!

[@robertsowell4110]

My first favorite player in the NFL when I was 8 years old!!!! Incredible talent and super speed !!!🏃🏾‍♂️‍➡️

[@johnwillard6198]

Bart , Gayle, Were my favs but ya tuned in to see Bullet Bob Fly ❤❤

[@joecurmaci5880]

He was my hero growing up

[@dwightlove3704]

All those critics of Hayes never did their homework he was a starter for football team at Florida A&M at the RB position.

[@Gerttown217]

He is the reason they went to zone defenses in the NFL. No One could cover him one on one.

[@kmitch975]

My man I am on the same timeline of life as you at age 67 😊and I am so happy to have found your channel which I instantly subscribed. To be a football fan since the age of 10 and witness the history I feel actually blessed I am a Cleveland Browns fan and just missed Jim Brown but remember Bob Hayes as most of the highlights show against my team. The era of Packers vs. Cowboys made the modern NFL in my opinion and what a great set of players and stories I’m sure you’ll be covering. Oh yeah you can’t tell the NFL story without Jim Brown and Paul Brown also by the way I’ll be tuned in 👍 #greatwork

[@goldenageofCowboys]

Hye hye ☺️ really happy to see you here... I don't know if I'm late or not but I just started to share my memories with my old mates who made our life full of pleasant moments. So, we can at least remember them at this point in life...

[@leonroberts7273]

I got to meet Bob Hayes when I was 16. It was right before the ice bowl game in Green bay.

[@MichaelSisley-fw3xr]

You cannot talk about Cowboy greats without Bob Hayes. He earned being in the Ring of Honor, and in Canton. I grew up watching him and the Cowboys when they were America's Team. That was a golden era of Cowboy's football.

[@barryclay9084]

Wasn't he responsible for the term 'the bomb'? I remember when Meredith dropped back to pass, my Dad yelled "throw the bomb to Hayes!'. He and my uncle were huge Cowboys fans. Also, the term "Cowboy antenna " denoted a tall aerial structure to pick up locally 'blacked out' games. I also had a #22 jersey and a Cowboys helmet! Thanks for remembering 'the fastest man alive'.

[@crbwell6290]

I saw a TV game where a pass, not to Hayes, was intercepted. Everybody was running the other way and it looked like they were in slow motion. Out of nowhere came Bob Hayes, passing everyone and catching the guy who made the interception.

[@robertbailey481]

Rest in peace 🙏

[@abrahamreyes4535]

Blazing Bob Hays, when I saw him on TV , was playing for the Cowboys. After that I followed him and his accomplishments! Way to go Hays Family! Long live his legacy!!!

[@berniecioffoletti3398]

I'm not a Cowboys fan, but, along with Bob Lilly, Walt Garrison and Don Meredith, Bob Hayes was a player on that team and in football I had great admiration for.

[@malikreedel7011]

He is on another planet. Top 5 PG, no he's right now at this point #1 PG. Just listen to the NBA player talk about this man. Straight Master Piece on the court and a phenomenal human being.

[@haroldsimpson8422]

Rest in love, Bob Hayes. So many Black men owe what they do on the field to you, sir. 🙏🏿 🙏🏿 🙏🏿 🙏🏿

[@cee128d]

Hayes essentially cost the Cowboys the 1967 NFL Championship in the Ice Bowl. The Packers defensive backs noticed that if Hayes left the huddle and lined up with his hands tucked into his pants he was just a decoy. If he left the huddle and lined up with his hands out in the open, he was the intended target. For most of the second half they ignored him when he lined up with his hands in the pants and basically played 11 on 10 football.

[@KorithStoneheart]

Well damn🤣

[@dwightlove3704]

@@cee128d It was crazy freezing cold that day can you blame him!!!!!!!

[@cee128d]

@@dwightlove3704 No one else did it, and it cost his team the win, so yes, I do blame him.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@cee128d So nobody else complained about the cold that day?????

[@cee128d]

@@dwightlove3704 Yes, some of the others did, but that isn't the point. He was the only one on the playing field with his hands in his pants while actually playing the game.

[@CarlChampion-b8z]

I was there at FAMU! He was not a track man who played football. He was a football player who ran track. Haves was 192 lbs and he wasn’t a skinny little kid. I was on the baseball team and we would compete as to which one of us could be the first to get on the roster at 200 lbs. It was fun knowing that I challenged Bob Hayes.

[@tedjefferson367]

Great tribute! I was a huge fan!

[@DRobinson-yr3iq]

Greatest Cowboy EVER🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾⭐️22

[@ordinaryman1904]

May Bob Hayes Rest In Peace as he awaits the Resurrection. And Jesus reads his name in the Book of Life.

[@sydboski]

That 8.6 was an estimate split or hand timed split. Frame by frame analysis determined it to be closer to 8.9 seconds. Still amazing.

[@goldenageofCowboys]

🔥

[@glennquagmire3258]

The record of 8.6 still officially stands.

[@sydboski]

@@glennquagmire3258 There is no official record for a split. Especially a hand timed split.

[@morrisparrish76]

Bob Hayes is the reason zone coverage exists in the NFL!

[@goldenageofCowboys]

True...

[@morrisparrish76]

They changed one rule for Bob……….they changed 5 rules for WNC! (You haters might want to keep that in mind?)

[@morrisparrish76]

When asked if anyone was faster than Bob Hayes the answer was “Yeah: buckpasser ! (In case you don’t know……buckpasser was a horse!)

[@RonQ-pr7pj]

I am 62 as a 7 year old my grandpa had season tickets to cowboys games. That age got in free. Some big games no seats so I sat on my dads lap sometimes the aisle. They told me, watch the fastest man on earth at all times for the bomb. Bullet Bob Hayes, Roger and Don Merideth were my hero’s. Teams gave him 10 yards and he still blow by two people. It was amazing to watch. In the yard games they would say do a hook route or go for a bomb. Bob was something else. Many didn’t like blacks at the time but I never understood that part. He was the same but fast w dark skin. I never forgot that part of life. He was my hero. Thanks bullet Bob Hayes!

[@kwamezulushabazz]

"They remembered" ~ Great tribute

[@msgtsa8686]

❤❤ The Reason a kid from Ohio became a diehard, true blue, Cowboys Fan. When I played football or any sport, I always requested #22., loved Emmitt, but Bobby Hayes to me will always be #22.

[@sydboski]

Jim Thorpe does not have a SuperBowl ring. But he does have 3 pro football Championships, 2 Olympic Gold medals, and Is in the HOF. So because the championship wasn't "called" the SuperBowl Thorpe doesn't count? I say he should count. Bob can be second.

[@lagodifuoco313]

Doesn't count because it wasn't the only professional football league at the time Jim Thorpe played.

[@lagodifuoco313]

Doesn't count because it wasn't the only professional football league at the time Jim Thorpe played.

[@sydboski]

@@lagodifuoco313 So the years the World Football League, the AFL and the USFL were playing those years don't count either?

[@lagodifuoco313]

@sydboski Not the same thing.

[@sydboski]

@@lagodifuoco313 You said Jim's championships do not count because it wasn't the only professional football league at the time. So when there are other pro football leagues the main league championships don't count. That is what you said not me.

[@michaelbyrne8860]

I remember him being a receiver in Dallas! He made everyone look slow! But it took him a couple of years to learn how to catch the ball! If he caught on the run? He was gone out of sight! He changed the NFL Game so much! They teams started looking outside College Football for future picks! They started drafting athletes instead of football players! Which has changed the league from being a football game into being more of entertainment! The game is 3 hours long now instead of 1 hour!

[@Chris-nq7be]

Did Bob ever compete over 60 metres ?

[@phillylifer]

Man I wish I could see Bob line up today against the current sprinters. I have a feeling he would set the wr.

[@ScotArmour]

Bob Hayes is the fastest man ever to live.He was undefeated in 49 consecutive sprints,going into the 1964 Tokyo Olympics,where he won,all his prelim 100 meter heats,and the 100 meter final,where he blew eveyone away at 10 flat,and actually eased up the last 10 meters,running on a torn up cinder track.He had 5 9.1 second clockings at 100 yards,in college track,on basicly dirt tracks.If he was sprinting on todays Mondo synthetuc tracks ,his 100 yard times,would have been in the 8.9 second range,the best Usain Bolt ever ran was 9.1 once on a modern track,Hayes would have smoked Bolt.

[@johnbarron2269]

ScotArmour, I thought that, I WAS THE ONNNNLY ONE who thought that Bob Hayes was the FASTEST HUMAN EEEEVER. Just as you were referring to, BOB HAYES WOULD HAVE DESTROYED-DESTROYED, USAIN BOLT.-PERIOD

[@sydboski]

Hah! Y'all funny. What makes you think Hayes is faster than Usain Bolt? Hayes isn't even the fastest NFL player. He's not even the fastest player who ran on cinders.

[@larryhillman3813]

A couple of photos used are Emmit Smith not Bob Hayes. They both wore number 22 but the photos show Troy Aikman at QB.

[@MarkLewis-dz8pp]

They all look alike ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Bro!

[@halwittner96]

I notice the same thing twice in the video.How utterly pitiful honor bob hayes

[@thomaslord7995]

Did it more than twice. Also showed a photo of Vic Washington of the 49ers.

[@johnberger5539]

The clip that shows the #49 NY Giants cornerback chasing Bob Hayes down the field is Clarence Childs. Childs and Hayes ran track together at Florida A & M. Hayes was asked after the game if he was afraid Childs would catch him. Hayes response was a casual, "NO, I knew Clarence at Florida A & M. He was only a 9.4 man."

[@thomaslord7995]

Bob Hayes was also good for telegraphing running plays to the Packers defense in the Ice Bowl. They noticed he would come to the line of scrimmage with his hands tucked in his pant waist when Meredith handed off.

[@marinrodriguez7729]

Not digging the photos of Emmitt Smith wearing 22 and the video passing them off as Bob Hayes in #22

[@donaldfrierson743]

As a kid, I remember when Florida A&M would come to town to play Allen University, all people talked about the next days was Bob Hayes.

[@vittiriowashington5211]

Columbia, SC?

[@AltonW521]

Why show Emmitt Smith?

[@dawoool]

Because he wore number 22 and someone was not paying attention.

[@MarkLewis-dz8pp]

They all look alike.........Bro

[@ordinaryman1904]

LOL !

[@danielwatson7091]

​@@MarkLewis-dz8pp😊

[@ThankGodImBlack370]

​@@MarkLewis-dz8ppYep,.like stallions

[@thewarriorscodex8758]

Great Video

[@goldenageofCowboys]

Thanks man....

[@vanchriestenson2058]

I really enjoyed watching this profile. I remember watching him when I was a small boy & I wanted to be just like him. An observation though -- There are several still shots in the video which show the other legendary #22 standing along side Troy Aikman. A minor error in the story of a major life!!!

[@lyleseward8638]

The zone defense was not invented to stop Bob Hayes. It had been around for decades. Bob Hayes did make more NFL teams use the zone defense.

[@kengordon7462]

I know some of you believe that all black men look alike. Emmitt Smith is not Bob Hayes.

[@JonCott]

They are talking about Bob Hayes but keep showing images of Emmitt Smith!

[@garyclark979]

Jerry Rice is the leading pass receiver of all time. He was known for his healthy lifestyle and training regimen. I would like to think that receivers would learn something from the lives of Hayes and Rice about how to maximize success in this position.

[@paulb2092]

1964, the Tokyo Olympics, and the birth of another bullet, the Bullet Train, the Shinkansen, the world's first high speed train (by about 20 years).

[@richdouglas2311]

The passing game wasn't sophisticated back then. Wide receivers averaged huge numbers compared to today, because passing was almost a desperate, all-or-nothing move. That's why sprinters were so good then, and don't matter now.

[@joetursi9573]

He's the reason zone defense was started.

[@WilsonPeterson-kf3cr]

It’s a damn crime for Emmitt to have his number that’s crazy

[@MrPoorcharlie]

Bob Hayes was not a small receiver. He weighed over 200 pounds.

[@IvoryRhodes]

He is my dad's first cousin that's why I'm a cowboy fan for life

[@thecook..]

Amen bless his family.

[@troublelessone7999]

some of these pictures are not Bob Hayes.. seeing Troy and Irvin in uniform. That was the ultimate team..

[@michaelgray6652]

Great story. Visuals were good also but some of the no. 22s were Emmit Smith and not Bob Hayes. I remember watching Bob when I was younger when he was playing for the Cowboys. Always exciting. I always remember him running down a db from a long distance after an interception of another receiver. He was insanely fast on that play but it is never brought up. Maybe someone can reference it.

[@williamweiss6128]

Cliff Branch, Willie Gault, etc.

[@StevenWalker-j9g]

Bob Hayes would tell the quarter back "just throw it in the left side of the field i will be there to catch it. From what i heard he said that to the quarterback many times. And he would be there to catch the football.

[@jaybennett236]

The Cowboys were dumb to not let him compete in the 1968 Olympic trials and maybe go to Mexico City! What fantastic publicity for the team when he was given a victory parade in Dallas!

[@iamnotfooled4972]

I was at the Cotton Bowl when Don Meredith threw the FIRST TOUCH DOWN pass to Bob Hayes against The Cardinals. I forgot the name of the defender , however , the defender was stride for stride then the pass came and landed in his hands THEN BOB HAYES took off leaving the defender behind by 15 yards crossing the goal line.. The defender just stopped

[@geofromnj7377]

Both Tom Landry and Vince Lombardi were assistant coaches on the staff of the NY Giants and both wanted to coach the Giants when Jim Lee Howell retired. Unfortunately for the Giants, Howell was promised one more year by the owner and both Landry and Lombardi were given offers by other teams leading into Howell's last year. The Cowboys and Packers became legendary franchises and the Giants fell into mediocrity.

[@KorithStoneheart]

The reason the zone defense was created because nobody could cover him one-on-one. Bob "The Bullet" Hayes was the fastest man on earth in his day.

[@sydboski]

Zone defense was created in 1942 by Cam Henderson of Marshall University.

[@rodneyclark4425]

I remember when the Giants signed Henry Carr, an Olympic sprinter himself who was advertised as the second fastest human. Bob Hayes showed everyone that it was true. 👀😉😂👍🇺🇸

[@sydboski]

Don't know why Carr would have been advertised as the 2nd fastest human, he ran r the 200m.

[@dwightlove3704]

Another snub for Hayes he was denied the chance to be among the TOP 100 PLAYERS IN NFL HISTORY.He was the reason why Randy Moss made it on the list.

[@franciscocepeda8416]

Now let the Dallas Cowboys complete honoring him by retiring number 22

[@ericanderson7059]

Unlike most teams they don't retire numbers , they do the Ring of honor induction instead .

[@thomaslord7995]

That would be a huge insult to Emmitt Smith unless they retired it in BOTH their names.

[@pnojazz]

I grew up watching Bob Hayes destroying the NFL!❤😂

[@KorithStoneheart]

Awesome!

[@richdouglas2311]

8 years too late. Bob should have heard the cheers in Canton.

[@JamesLHowell]

Watched Bob Hays and Homer Jones of the NY Giants run a foot race during warmups one Sunday in the Cotton Bowl. Guess who won? Enjoyed the vintage video, but was a little confused why Troy Aikman and Emmit Smith were in a few of the photos.

[@larrybutler8965]

So I’m about 13 it’s Sunday afternoon the years before cable tv we had an outdoor antenna that set high atop our roof controlled by this directional box on top of the tv.. Daddy would buy sherbet ice cream as i anxiously waited for Dallas Cowboys to play in the Cottonbowl. I had some neighborhood friends whose Mother moved to Dallas . Ole Bernie and Stand would do is talk about Bullet Bob Hayes.. ( We’d be playing sandlot football and they run as fast they could and say Bullet Bob Hayes). So that Sunday afternoon a bowl of sherbet and reception on the tv crystal clear. The announcer would say Pete Gent to the right Hayes to the left. All of sudden Don ‘Dandy’ Meredith would drop back and heave one of them bombs all the way down the field to a wide open Bullet Bob Hayes. When he caught it there wasn’t much more for him to get to the end zone . It inspired me so much till I wanted to be fast. Every kid wanted to be like Hayes. He seemed to glide along on top of the ground floating while everyone who gave chase look ordinary in their pursuit.. You see when you got a word like Bullet in front of your name it adds that flair fast as a bullet.. Wow! And as we grew up in our small town it inspired me to run and be the best I could be. You see Bob ran that 10.0 100 meters in lane number one that prior the race was ran in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics distance runners ran the 1500. Plus he left his shoes so he had scrambling to find some shoes to fit that 8 1/2 foot. Up comes Ralph Boston Olympic long jumper. Now with all that still won the gold in a chewed up lane. No doubt in a modern day Olympics with all the best training we might see a 9.5 100 meters back then . I heard somewhere that he never lost a 40 meter sprint in practice while playing for the Cowboys. A remarkable feat in itself . LB Boomer Sooner January 10, 2025 Friday night 9:55pm ‘Race car for fun in his neighborhood on the street named after him in Jacksonville, Florida.. nuff said.. ❤

[@kingjames1586]

Bob is still considered the fastest man to have ever play in NFL

[@sydboski]

No. He isn't. There are 4 players who ran faster.

[@paavoviuhko7250]

I became a Bob Hayes fan after the 1960 Tokyo Olympic. Then he became my idol. When he turned to football I became a Dallas Cowboys fan. The best of days for me. What I mean is I began to love football as an obsession. From the pros I got interested in college football. Bear Bryant and Knute Rockne and all the greats. Bob Hayes began my love for this sport. I owe him so much as the most important sport influence in my life. May he and his family and loved ones be well and loving his contribution. God bless all people who care about this excellent soul.

[@dwightlove3704]

@@paavoviuhko7250 He was in the '64 Olympics in Toyko.The '60 Olympics was in Rome

[@goldenageofCowboys]

Ameen...

[@pretorious700]

Be careful about hyperbole. Hayes broke one 100 yard record, and tied another.

[@kirkford5402]

Cause of yards to meters, time wise. Yes be careful.

[@timrohr4214]

What’s with all the pics of Emmit Smith?

[@19enmu88]

He should have been a first ballard HOF, but they punished him for his life off the field!

[@goldenageofCowboys]

true,..

[@sydboski]

That's ballot not ballard.

[@bermuda3944]

Think about this, the NFL Hall of Fame requisitions bronze likenesses of various players. The artisans who create these likenesses get it right. Why the hell bronze creators of the Allen Iverson, Dwyane Wade, Cristiano Ronaldo, etc. likenesses can't give it right?

[@TheYellowrose21]

Good question! 😅

[@caryt59]

to: GA of NFL - @7:54 and @19:26, That is EMMETT SMITH, not BOB HAYES.