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re: Is Billy Cannon the original Freak athlete in LSU History?
Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:17 pm to leeh
Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:17 pm to leeh
I don't know that 40's were run as commonly back then, but if I recall correctly, Cannon ran the 100 yard dash in something like 9.4. That was and really still is VERY fast. I would be very suprised if Cannon did not clock a 40 in the 4.4's or 4.3's given his track accomplishments.
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Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:17 pm to TheCaterpillar
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back then a 4.5 would be fast as frick
Back then Billy Cannon was fast as frick.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:20 pm to lynxcat
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I don't think it is fair to compare the former greats to the current guys.
you never know, if those guys were exposed to the same science as today's athletes, many would probably still be competitive.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:30 pm to jmath23lsu
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Back then Billy Cannon was fast as frick.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 5:52 pm to lynxcat
Its also not fair to compare him to the guys he played. After they were all white. Is that not also an unfair assessment?
Posted on 4/26/10 at 7:03 pm to Drew Orleans
Recall in that movie, Everyone's All-American, at the peak of his career, he questionably beat the crippled black fry cook in a foot race.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 7:24 pm to OBUDan
Original freak-Gaynell Tinsley-earliest freak
This post was edited on 4/26/10 at 7:26 pm
Posted on 4/26/10 at 8:28 pm to lynxcat
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I don't think it is fair to compare the former greats to the current guys.
While I agree to a certain point, it can be a useful comparison for certain exceptional athletes. I have little question that Jim Thorpe could play safety or running back today in Division I, and perhaps the NFL. Cannon and contemporary Jim Brown would likewise have success in today's game, and at the professional level.
Would any of the three be dominant players today? Perhaps not, but the fact that their athleticism is objective and broad based (they were all exceptional multi-sport athletes), and they did not have the advantage of modern training and nutrition (Thorpe, especially) make their accomplishments even more impressive in hindsight.
This post was edited on 4/26/10 at 8:30 pm
Posted on 4/26/10 at 8:38 pm to Ace Midnight
Billy Cannon's time for the 40 was in yards, not meters. But, having said that, he would have been a star FB player in todays game. He didn't have all the strength and conditioning help then that players have now. Yes, he was a freak athlete. Tinsley was also. Tommy Casanova was too. Casanova was thought by Charlie Mac to be so valuable to the team that he didn't let him play offense much.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 8:48 pm to TheCaterpillar
¥ou might add he is the only one in theLSU Hall of Fame that is a convicted criminal and served jail time. Now I call that embarassing. Guess character does't counf
Posted on 4/26/10 at 8:53 pm to N.O. via West-Cal
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Cannon ran the 100 yard dash in something like 9.4.
100 yard or 100 meter?
If meters, then that one of the funnier things I have read on this board in awhile.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 8:54 pm to TheCaterpillar
quote:i once beat him in a staring contest.
more of just a freak basketball player. Tourettes killed his career
Posted on 4/26/10 at 9:00 pm to cheapseat
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Original freak-Gaynell Tinsley-earliest freak
this.
or maybe Doc Fenton. He carried that 1908 team.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 9:10 pm to lynxcat
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100 yard or 100 meter?
Don't think they were running the 100 meters in 1959.
Yes, it was yards.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 9:11 pm to redstick56
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¥ou might add he is the only one in theLSU Hall of Fame that is a convicted criminal and served jail time. Now I call that embarassing. Guess character does't counf
And this has what to do about him being a freak athlete?
Posted on 4/26/10 at 9:16 pm to OBUDan
cannon could start today.
not many players from the 50's era can that be said about.
not many players from the 50's era can that be said about.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 9:28 pm to jmath23lsu
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He was timed at sub-4.2 40.
bullshite
The more the story is told, the faster the claim. In another year he ran a 3.89.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 9:53 pm to arrakis
dunno! How is everyone forgetin Pistol Pete!?!
Posted on 4/26/10 at 9:58 pm to jmath23lsu
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He was timed at sub-4.2 40.
Posted on 4/26/10 at 10:09 pm to OBUDan
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more of just a freak basketball player.
i had no idea he had tourette's.
You really didn't know he had it?? That was a pretty well known fact when he played, in fact, he sometimes got called for technicals for comments, without him knowing what he said. They had to warn the refs before games...
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