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Posted on 5/22/18 at 11:27 am to sweetwaterbilly
100 yds back in those days
Posted on 5/22/18 at 11:28 am to Brazos
There is no telling where he’d start on LSU but it would be somewhere.. his measurables in modern time would be close to fournette.. he was faster but probably not as allusive.. he was a world class athlete that could’ve played nearly any position outside the trenches.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 11:28 am to Brazos
quote:Yes.
Would a 20 year old Billy Cannon be the starting RB for the 2018 LSU Tigers?
Posted on 5/22/18 at 11:47 am to NC_Tigah
...fast enough to outrun the camera on Halloween night!
Posted on 5/22/18 at 11:57 am to ChewyDante
quote:
I'm going to say no. The pool of athletes in the 50's is nowhere near what it is in modern day football
I'll argue that as an athlete Cannon was a freak. He was he fastest guy on the team in his time by a lot and he was the biggest. I believe he was somewhere around 210 lbs when he played.
He had Olympic type speed back then and it's not a bad time now if he had a 9.4 in the 100.
He could probably start today with those measurables
Posted on 5/22/18 at 11:57 am to ChewyDante
quote:that's true of many traits, but I wouldn't say it's true for speed.
I'm going to say no. The pool of athletes in the 50's is nowhere near what it is in modern day football.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:00 pm to ChewyDante
quote:You would be way wrong about Billy Cannon then
I'm going to say no. The pool of athletes in the 50's is nowhere near what it is in modern day football.
We have actual measurables to look at for him specifically
He was 6'1" 207 lbs and ran the 100 yard dash in 9.6 seconds and threw a shot put 56 feet
He would play today
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 12:01 pm
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:05 pm to TBoy@LSU
Good God cannon looks like a bull in this picture. Imagine him with modern training and nutrition. Holy shite I didnt know he was built like a brick shite house
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:06 pm to boxcar willie
I once spoke to an old SEC player once about Billy Cannon who played against him. His words to me were " Son, he was a man and we were just boys, they don't make players like that anymore."
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:07 pm to Brazos
faster than Narvel Blue.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:07 pm to KiwiHead
quote:true
Son, he was a man and we were just boys
quote:untrue
they don't make players like that anymore."
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:09 pm to lsupride87
Pretty true, because of the over saturated nature of yute sports today it’s harder to be a multi sport athlete
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:11 pm to 777Tiger
quote:Pretty not true
Pretty true, because of the over saturated nature of yute sports today it’s harder to be a multi sport athlete
The absolutely have freaks today like Cannon
Come on man
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:16 pm to lsupride87
Not trolling but trying to think of some examples 
every generation does produce freakish type athletes though, you’re right about that, it’s one thing to be a multi sport athlete but quite another to dominate at every endeavor, in addition to everything already mentioned in this thread, Cannon was an all pro at two positions, the second of which he’d never played before
every generation does produce freakish type athletes though, you’re right about that, it’s one thing to be a multi sport athlete but quite another to dominate at every endeavor, in addition to everything already mentioned in this thread, Cannon was an all pro at two positions, the second of which he’d never played before Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:17 pm to 777Tiger
quote:I am looking at it differently than you
Not trolling but trying to think of some examples
The quote said "They dont make em like Billy anymore"
I disagree. There are now athletes even stronger and faster than Billy. But Billy would absolutely still be a stud today as well
If he is saying people cant dominate across sports anymore, I would agree
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 12:18 pm
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:23 pm to lsupride87
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:23 pm to TheCaterpillar
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He'd be the fastest RB on LSU's roster and he was 6'1" 210 lbs. He was strong as an ox too. With modern training and nutrition, he'd be a super star.
Billy lifted weights before they became a necessity. He trained under Alvin Roy, later the 70's great Pittsburgh Steelers strength coach. He trained Gayle Hatch, too.
This post was edited on 5/22/18 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:27 pm to sweetwaterbilly
In those days it was the 100 yd. dash....9.4 was really fast. I've heard from players during Billy's playing days that he was the fastest guy on the field.
Posted on 5/22/18 at 12:36 pm to ChewyDante
quote:
I'm going to say no. The pool of athletes in the 50's is nowhere near what it is in modern day footbal
Not true. There were some terrific athletes in my day. They just weren't exposed to physical developed at the same age level that kids are today.
In addition, back then you had a good number of white kids who could run and jump as well as many of the black athletes. Today the white athlete is rarer, in large part because of societal changes in the family. Video games and "everybody is a winner" soccer matches have resulted in skinny kids with man buns who need safe spaces.
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