How fast was Billy Cannon?

Faster than a speeding bullet

I hear he once outran Chuck Norris (but you didn’t hear it from me)

Faster than you

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Would a 20 year old Billy Cannon be the starting RB for the 2018 LSU Tigers?

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I'm going to say no. The pool of athletes in the 50's is nowhere near what it is in modern day football.

If he would start in today's game then he truly must have been a man against boys in that era.

Considering it was the 50s, it was probably a 100 yard dash he was doing a 9.4 in. Even conservatively I’d bet he would still be under 10.5 in a 100 meter

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it was probably a 100 yard dash he was doing a 9.4 in

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That definitely makes more sense. Dude was fast but I don't think he was Usain Bolt fast

He was a world class athlete. He would absolutely start in some capacity for any team in the country in 2018.

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I think his 9.4 100 yard dash is like a 10.28 100m equivalent. But the crazier part is that he was the best sprinter, then walked over out of breath at the track meets and shot put over 54 feet.

All of this without the state of the art training that athletes today receive. No telling what he would've been capable of if he was training from an early age like kids today and had nutritionists and trainers in college.

My pop tells the story of a dads vs. sons baseball game. A hit to the outfield was fielded by Billy after he fell down, got back up and still beat my dad to the ball. I guess they were early 40's in age.

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I'm going to say no. The pool of athletes in the 50's is nowhere near what it is in modern day football.

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Yah, except Cannon was a freak.