Johnny Lam Jones 1978 KO return 103 yards SMU

[barbedoll2]

He was four years ahead of me in school. I still have to this day all the newspaper articles on his amazing achievements. He did make our small town proud, and was our hometown hero. Yes he made mistakes, but he learned and turned his life around for the better. I am praying for him in his toughest battle.

[dolphinbuc]

After he got drafted,he wound up a the back of a milk carton.

[Booh4ume2]

I have the front part of his jersey with the 26 on it. Sold cokes with our junior high. We would quit at half time and try to get the tear-away jerseys. Got lucky with Johnny's as he remembered me from when he came to my Pop Warner banquet. A true gentleman and hero, with the grace God in his smile and his stride.

[use2slam2]

folks wake up.whats this B.S. about players today being faster. bob hayes ran a 10.05 100m on dirt in the 64 olympics- DIRT !! i wanna see ANYBODY today run a 10.05 on a chewed up dirt track. demps,spiller,etc running around the same times

46 yrs later and on modern surfaces, that day in 64 just imagine what he would have clicked off if it was a modern rubberized track,faster today my ass !!!

[SFFOOL76]

@use2slam2 I agree with you, I gotta say BO JACKSON is in that equation

[lCL0UDl9]

"erry body dis iz my grandpa!!...i am not lying!!..."

[longhorn2615]

that boy fast

[Sirscorps]

Hell yeah, too bad he didn't pan out in the pro's. Him and Wesley Walker.

[cfrussll]

I played little league with him, athletics with him and graduated with him in 76. The town and school spoiled him from about 9th grade on. Ruined his academics, spoiled him rotten and in the end this is what did this great guy in.

[koolaide1]

I mowed this guys yard and he gave me a signed picture and $80!!!! He had the biggest great dane i have ever seen!

[sanetoday]

i saw johnny lam run the last leg of 4 X quarter mile, i believe at the Texas Relays in 1976. when he got the batton, there was another runner about 110 yards ahead of him. he ran the guy down which most amazing track and field event I ever saw and probably since.

[wynnabuck]

@sanetoday

I always wondered how many people witnessed that the same way. Was there that day, too & have been telling people about it ever since. The most amazing athletic feat I've ever seen.

[spaceshuttlegirl]

johnny lam jones, johnny ham jones and johnny a.j. jam jones all played together for at least 2 years thye tore up the maryland terps in the 1978 sun bowl theterps had no answer for the ham lam and jam jones boys

[CaraTara21]

Lam was one of the best things that happened to Lampasas, TX. He made us and himself proud Although I graduated from Lampasas HS several years before him, I still followed his high school, college, and pro careers. Watching him run was awesome and amazing, especially at the live events. He is also a wonderful and caring person. I cannot imagine winning an Olympic gold medal and giving it away. What a gift for the Special Olympics. God bless you. WHAT A MAN AND HERO!

[ultimomos]

I got to meet him

[hookemfan]

their times are better

[kellyeakin]

Dear SirMicDre,

Yep, sometimes life leads you to make decisions you don't want. Especially when your under the Media spot light thast LAM had.

Don't refer to him as poor suffering guy. Think positive....Lam is my neighbor and I feel so blessed to have met someone of his prestige charachter and down to earth attitude. So sorry you don't have this privledge. Hopefully you've never been hooked!!! Kelly Eakin

[hookemfan]

trindon holliday, jeff demps, jacoby ford, and cj spiller are all faster

[kellyeakin]

I wish the best of luck to you, why, because you need it...for you to write such an inappropriate comment....I'm thinking your very young, literally and spirtally!!!

Bless your dismissture!!!! That makes me feel good.... Don't fuck around with my friend.

He is better than life itself...

[eruptingshadow]

wrong, none of them are olympic sprinters. sure demps is wtf fast but he didnt make the olympics

[cnsparrot]

TEXAS BABY !

[SirMicDre]

Heard the poor guy suffered from drug problems which lead to his demise in the NFL... :/

[vidEvWill]

He was a great sprinter, I heard he could easily beat coverages but struggled catching footballs. He was a sprinter who played football and not vice versa. The guy is fighting for his life right now and is trying to raise money for his treatment. God bless his soul.

[longhornlover2]

he was incredible

[chrisuncleahmad]

How long did Texas have artificial turf?

[blurt06]

Summer of 69 thru 95 season (replaced it 3 different times)

[lopingbuzzard]

I competed against him at track meets in jr. high and high school. Incredible runner. At a Round Rock meet, I got my best start ever and smoked him for 110 yards of a 220 race, then he shot past me like I was walking! He ran the 100 that day faster than the record but it didn't count because of the wind. We're praying for you, Johnny!

[jerseyman10]

Johnny Lam Jones went to my High School. Seriously...

[flatblackcat]

Great man, We just got back from seeing Johnny be inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Congrats Johnny!!!!

[DNor3801]

Man, Johnny Lam Jones might have been an olympic Gold Medalist in the 4x100, and played in the NFL.. but I will always know him as the High School Track and Field athlete that ran the anchor leg of the mile relay for Lampasses HS and won it even when he was so far behind, unbelievably far behind.

[BlackVoid7]

This guy reminds me of James Hester in the NFL. Most dangerous returner ever. Hook em' horns.

[bodomboy666]

You mean Devin Hester from the Chicago Bears right?

[BlackVoid7]

Oops, yeah, that's right.

[lamjones80]

My Dad was movin'! Love you Dad.

[lat081761]

You should be proud! What a gifted athlete - and I understand a great man!

[maximusbevo]

Probably one of the fastest football players (pro or college) of all-time.

[BillySol]

Lam has almost perfect sprinter's stride. Very little wasted motion. His anchor leg of the mile relay his senior year at the state meet is lengendary. He was behind the leader probably 30 to 40 yards when he got the baton and sill won it. Had he only concentrated on track, no doubt he would have been world class.

[Statalyzer]

Great run, it's like he realized around the first cutback that he needed to hold down X and the Turbo button and he'd just outrun everyone.

[markyfarkle]

Incredible speed. Anyone who says players today are faster are just wrong.

[EmceeNolan]

Sorry, but players are faster today.

[radio187]

There are maybe two or three players in college football today who are as fast as this man was. The man was an Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100m. Ask questions before you make an ass of yourself.

[EmceeNolan]

I was responding to markymarkle's assertion that "anyone who says players are faster today [is] just wrong."

[geoffds]

It is a fact that players are faster today...and that isn't a knock against the players from the 1970's. Today there is a greater focus on sports nutrition and weight training that simply wasn't stressed as much 30+ years ago. Let's also keep in mind that the college players today want to make millions in the pros, which gives them greater incentive to be faster, stronger, and quicker than the players who were making 5-figure NFL salaries in the 1970's...

[ultimomos]

whatever you probably run a ten yard dash in 5 minutes

[EmceeNolan]

What does THAT have to do with anything?

[ultimomos]

your face