NFL Raiders Track Team

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Al Davis got his fetish for speed by watching the Brooklyn Dodgers play baseball while growing up, they always had more speed than the other team, that stuck with him.

The roots to the tree was a 1960 Olympic long jump silver medalist named Irving "Bo" Roberson out of Cornell, he was also a 9,5 sprinter.

Next up a 9,4 cat out of Texas Southern named Warren Wells, he was why QB Daryl Lamonoca had the nickname "The Mad Bomber" for a few seasons that Lamonica to Wells the most lethal combo in football..

Ok that Raider fantasy track team

Bo Jackson decathon twice won the Alabama HS champs.

110hh

Willie Gault, Rod Woodson both world ranked

long long

Above mentioed Roberson, James Lofton 27 footer

100m

Olympians Sam Graddy, Ron Brown

200m

James Jett 20.1 James Trapp 20.1 both Olympic 4x1

400m

Both at sub 45.5.....Terry McDaneil, Rod Barksdale

Add Jacoby Ford 10,01 and Alvis Whitted 10.07 to the 4x1 team
Add Lofton a 45.2 relayer and Whitted a 45.8 to the 4x4

An NFL team with 4 sub 10.10 on the 4x1 and 4 sub 46,0 on the 4x4, that is amazing.

There is no other pro sports team anywhere close to that.

Those who couldn't make the team

Dokie Williams 25 foot long jumper
Tim Dwight
Stanford Routt
Alexander Wright...NFL Fastest Man winner
Rocket Ismail
Michael Bennett only 10.18
Cliff Branch

Pretty incredible actually.

1984 Olympic 100m

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Here we have future Eagle Frank Budd and future Niner Ray Norton both World Record holders

The thin white guy winning the silver is Dave Sime he is the grandpa of Niner RB Christian McCaffrey



The starter Lyle Lovett (a funny)

See some Jesse Owens there.

That all time USA White 100m

lane

1.Lindy Remigino Manhatten 1952 Olympic gold
2.Darel Newnan Fresno State 9,2 only white cat to beat Bob Hayes
3.Dave Sime Duke Olympic silver
4.Bobby Morrow ACU 1956 Olympic gold
5.Hal Davis Cal only lost once. but no Olympcs in the early 40's
6.Ben Vaughn Georgia Tech last to be world ranked
7.John Teeters Oklahoma State 10,00
8, Charley Paddock USC 1920 Olympic gold

"B"

lane

1.Doug Hawken ASU 9.2
2.Devin Quinn illinois 10.00
3.John Roderick SMU 9.3 Fastest white footballer
4.Thane Baker Kansas State Olympic silver
5.Mel Pattton USC first 9.3
6.Frank Wykoff USC first 9.4
7.Kevin Lttle Drake 10.17
8.Marty Kruelee San Diego State 10.18

"C"

lane

1.Cyrus Leland TCU 9,4WR second fastest while footballer
2.George Simpson OSU 1932 Olympan
3.Rocky Woods Texas A&M 9.3
4.Clyde Jeffreys Stanford 9.4WR
5.Bill Woodhouse ACU 9,3WR
6.Gerry Ashworth Darthmouth 9,4..last white sprinter on a USA Olympc 4x1 team, talking 1964
7.Tom Jones UCLA 9.4
8.Larry Questad Stanford 9.3

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

NFL 4X1 RELAY

Lane

1.Cowboys....Herschel Walker....Bob Hayes*** ...Deion Sanders....Alexander Wright
2.Giants....Richmond Flowers....Clarence Childs....Homer Jones...Henry Carr
3.Raiders A....Ron Brown....Jacoby Ford...Alvis Whitted....Sam Graddy
4.Raiders B....Cliff Branch....James Jett....James Trapp...Willie Gault
5.Chiefs....Joe Delaney....Jamaal Charles...Stone Johnson.....Tyreek Hill
6.Niners....Renaldo Nehemiah....James Owens...Rayheem Mostert....Ray Norton
7.Bills....JD Hill....Elbert Dubenion....Marquize Goodwin.....O.J.Simpson
8.Eagles....Cyril Pinder...Trenton Jackson....Harold Jackson...Frank Budd

There are 13 Olympians up there, who?

*** the plan is give the batonup early in the zone then hand off as late as possibe in the next one, that gives your stud the biggest % of the race. That is why many times the fastest cat on the team runs that "long" second leg.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

This is hard to believe, with a population of around 3 mill, the island of Jamaica can do this....

Born in Jamaica 100m

lane

1.Ben Johnson1988 Olympic gold for Canada
2.Asafa Powell 9.7 more than anyone
3.Yohan Blake World Champion
4.Donovan Bailey 1996 Olympic gold for Canada
5.Usain Bolt THE GOAT WR holder at 9.58
6.Linford Christie 1992 Olympic gold for Great Britian
7.Kishane Thompson 2024 Olympic silver....got robbed.
8. Herb McKenley***, Lennox Miller. Don Quarrie all Olympic silver, Ray Stewart number one ranked in the world/

Not trying to be funny, everyone in Jamaica has a sprinter in the family or did.

*** roots to the tree, showed up in the late 40's, he is still the only sprinter to run the Olympic 100, 200, 400 and the 4x4 relay. also the first to be world ranled in all three sprints and he also got robbed in the 100m.

 

[Sir Elzio Dennick]

Thinking about what NFL teams could fill 8 lanes with legit sprinters, legit being sub 10.40/9.6

As we know the Raiders can run two 8 lane races. Which is crazy.

Chiefs

lane

1.Joe Delaney 9.4
2.Ken Thomas 10.0m hand timed
3.Jamaal Charles 10.18
4.Warren McVea 9.5
5.Tyreek Hill 10.19
6.Stone Johnson 9.3
7.Frank Pitts 9.5
8.Nolan Smith 9.4

Racking my brain, but.....that's it.

The Giants did have....

Butch Woolfolk 9.4
Herschel Walker 10.23
Clarence Childs 9.4
Richmond Flowers 9.4
Homer Jones 9.4
Henry Carr 9.3 Olympic 200m gold

A lot of teams having a few just not 8.