In doing so, he beat Barney Ewell, who would go on to win the silver medal in the 100 meters at the London Olympics in 1948.Walker, the 1982 winner, joined Simpson as a football/track All-American when he placed seventh in the NCAA’s 100-meter dash final in the spring of 1981. This was based on the comparison of a range of sport science metrics. It was not surprising that there seemed to be a US bias (a majority of visitors to the ESPN website would be from the US). Something interesting is that the two have 100m track times that they ran in college: Bo – 10.39 and Deion – 10.21. If I recall correctly, this was run at the NFL combine after his senior year of college. At one stage the online voters (after 2,505 votes) had Pele just ahead with 52.9 % of the votes, though it was Robinson who prevailed and went through to the semi final.The greatest football (soccer) player ever against a skateboarder? > At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Hayes won the 100 meter and broke the existing World Record with a time of 10.06 seconds. The voters agreed with the result - after 4,494 votes Brown was well ahead with 63.2% of the votes Bo Jackson claimed to have run a 40-yard dash with a time of 4.13 s, and there were also reports of Jackson running a 4.12 at the 1986 combine. As with all online voting of this sort, there is potential for bias with modern players understandingly getting more votes based simply on the voting audience having a greater understanding of them. It often lured Heisman winners away from the gridiron and several excelled at the highest of levels of the sport. Not only did he run a best of 10.44 in the 100 meters at 6-1, 225 pounds, he also twice qualified for the NCAA indoor 60-yard dash while at Auburn (his 6.18 60 yard dash run in 1983 is still in the Auburn record books). Though some of his claimed marks are unverifiable, we do know he high jumped 6-foot-9, triple jumped 48-8, threw the discus over 150 feet, the shot put over 50 feet and went 12.9 in the 110-yard hurdles.It takes a special physical talent to win a Heisman Trophy.The most prestigious award in college football.Notes and quotes from the ceremony Joe Burrow of Louisiana…There’s a long list of past Heisman winners who played at a high level in multiple sports. The 1985 Heisman Trophy winner had the NFL's longest run of the year in three of his four seasons in the league, and he stole 27 bases in 33 attempts in his best big-league season.
To fully appreciate what Griffin III accomplished that spring, consider that he did it during what should have been his senior year in high school and without the benefit of an uninterrupted training regimen.Army’s “Mr. Outside” might’ve been the fastest of the early Heisman winners, with a best of 9.6 in the 100-yard dash.
Newly-crowned…Given those marks, it’s quite possible that Jackson could have gone on to be a world-class decathlete had he not played football.No story about Davis’ athletic accomplishments would be complete, however, without recounting what happened later that spring. It was not an easy pick though, but possibly the greatest all-around baseball player Mays was hard to look past. The track sprinters wear spikes and run on a surface made for speed. Davis played nine innings of baseball for Army in center field, collecting a couple of hits. At the combine, there is no reaction time in the final clocking because the stopwatches don't start until the runner does.Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.But was Johnson's 40 the fastest ever run at the combine? According to Bleacher Report, Bob Hayes is the fastest player in NFL history. After 2,832 votes Brown was well ahead with 85.3% of the votes.The winners of each category were:ESPN Sport Science determined the Greatest Athlete of All Time (GOAT) using a unique metric that factored in attributes such as strength, power, speed, finesse, quickness, reaction time, endurance, durability, an athlete's resume, clutch performances, dominance, versatility, measurements, and the overall difficulty of their sport. The short-list for each category was created by ESPN, but the winner determined by public voting.