Hayes Bob

American Olympic gold medallist in track and field (1964), nicknamed "Bullet Bob", who then became an American football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL) for the the Dallas Cowboys (1965-1974) including a 1972 Super Bowl win, and the San Francisco 49ers (1975). He was inducted into the National Track & Field Hall of Fame in 1976. He was once considered the "worlds fastest human" by virtue of his multiple world records in the 60-yard, 100-yard, 220-yard, and Olympic 100-m dashes. Although he had an illustrious record on the football field, a drug and alcohol addiction as well as a prison term kept him out of the Football Hall of Fame. In April 1979 he pled guilty to selling narcotics to an undercover cop and spent 10 months in jail. He retired from pro football in 1976 and returned to Jacksonville, Florida where he lived with his parents and continued his fight against his addictions. Toward the end of his life he also battled prostate cancer and liver ailments. Hayes died suddenly of kidney failure on 18 September 2002 at age 59. He was the father of five children. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less