Bob Hayes

So we have video of the Queen of England handing Althea Gibson that plate, the first time ever in history.

So it's things like that that when you start thinking about how special FAMU is and you see Bob Hayes, in the starting blocks in the olympics about to blow everybody away and and and you see andre dawson playing for the cubs that said he would sign a blank contract to play for the cubs and i'll show you signed a base contract and winning one the nl mvp that's the greatness of famu that so many people forget still a reason why i think so many people hate us because We are a great institution with a great history.

And what we can't ever do is lose that history.

And that's the purpose of the Family Sports Hall of Fame.

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Across the 40-yard line to about the 44.

And Willie Wood knocks him out of bounds.

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Second down, seven yards to go for the Dallas Cowboys, their own 16-yard line.

Out of the huddle, up to the line, Meredith takes the ball, throws a short one out to the right side to Bob Hayes, and he toe-dances his way across the 20-yard line to about the 22, where he was brought down by Herb Adderley.

Hayes that time, from his split-end position, just backed up a couple of steps to take the short pass From quarterback Don Meredith.

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Bob Hayes, Frank Clark.

Which I didn't even know.

I don't know who Frank Clark

And there used to be like five of these guys at a time who were sort of like track stars, but could only catch deep passes, which is kind of what Williams did last year.

Bob Hayes,

right? Yeah.

Yeah.

Like, never caught, you know, like, slants or anything like that.

Well, I mean,

Bob Hayes is obviously all-time.

He's literally a Hall of Famer.

And we both have similar views.

And to my way of thinking, if you're talking 100 metres, Bob Hayes is the best ever.

Bob Hayes.

1964, Tokyo.

Cinder's Track.

ever? Well, best athletes in particular events.

Okay.

There's no way Bob Hayes was better

who have not been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, like Leroy Jordan, Don Perkins, Too Tall Jones, Harvey Martin, Ralph Neely, Everson Walls, recently Nate Newton, and John Nyland.

They also inducted into their Hall of Very Good class Bob Hayes and Cliff Harris, who would later go into the Hall of Fame.

So a lot of the guys that they've recognized eventually got in But it's a really interesting organization and group.

And I was just going through all of these classes that they've inducted over the years.