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.
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.
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 !!!
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.
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.
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.
barbedoll2 1 year ago 2
After he got drafted,he wound up a the back of a milk carton.
dolphinbuc 1 year ago
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.
Booh4ume2 1 year ago
@use2slam2 I agree with you, I gotta say BO JACKSON is in that equation
SFFOOL76 1 year ago
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 !!!
use2slam2 1 year ago
"erry body dis iz my grandpa!!...i am not lying!!..."
lCL0UDl9 1 year ago
Hell yeah, too bad he didn't pan out in the pro's. Him and Wesley Walker.
Sirscorps 1 year ago
@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.
wynnabuck 2 years ago
that boy fast
longhorn2615 2 years ago
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.
cfrussll 2 years ago