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Athlete Bio#
Age
Died (Aged 59)
1942-2002
Hometown
Jacksonville, FL
Education
Matthew Gilbert High School (Jacksonville, Fla.) Florida A&M University
Personal
Began running as a boy with his brother Ernest, who was training to become a boxer...Was a two-sport athlete at Florida A&M University, playing football and running track...Nicknamed “Bullet” Bob Hayes and earned the title “World’s Fastest Human” by winning two gold medals at the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964...Played wide receiver and punt returner for the Dallas Cowboys across 10 seasons, helping them win the Super Bowl in 1972...Was a three-time Pro Bowl selection and a four-time All-Pro selection...Held team records for career touchdowns, average yards per reception and average yards per kick return at the time of his retirement from football...Through 2016, Hayes was the only athlete to possess both an Olympic gold medal and an NFL Super Bowl ring...Father to one son, Bob Hayes, Jr.Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (2 gold)
- Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, gold (100m - Men, 4 x 100m Relay - Men)
Hall Of Fame Bio #
Bob Hayes was a two-time Olympic gold medalist sprinter and turned NFL wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, who holds the record for the fastest 4x100-meter anchor leg in history, as well as the world record for the 70-yard dash. Through 2016, he was also the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring. In his four years as a track and field star at Florida A&M University, Hayes never lost a race in the 100y or 100 dash. He was the first person to break six seconds in the 60y dash with a time of 5.9 seconds in 1962, and in 1963, he set a new world record time of 9.1 in the 100y dash. He was the Amature Athletic Union 100y dash champion from 1962-64, and was the 1964 NCAA champion in the 200 dash. At the Olympic Games Tokyo 1964, Hayes won the gold medal in the 100 dash by tying the then-world record of 10.06 seconds. He then won the gold in the 4x100 relays, which also produced a new world record of 39.06 seconds. His leg of the relay was the fastest in history, and helped the U.S. come from behind to win in dramatic fashion. After returning home from the Games, Hayes was selected in the seventh round by the Dallas Cowboys in the 1964 NFL Draft. He led the league in receiving touchdowns twice in his career, and he also holds 10 regular-season receiving records, four punt return records and 22 overall franchise marks for the Cowboys. Hayes was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009 posthumously. He passed away in September 2002 at the age of 59.
