fullnelson9999 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Wow, you guys are not really that smart eh?The guy is a class act and fast... loved his speech but to say he has world class track speed or ever did is just down right wrong. um...why are you so stubborn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radagast5 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Wow, you guys are not really that smart eh?The guy is a class act and fast... loved his speech but to say he has world class track speed or ever did is just down right wrong. 1984 LA Olympics. The US 4 X 100m relay team won the Gold medal in a then World Record time. The four members of that team were Carl Lewis, Sam Graddy, Ron Brown, and Calvin Smith. The alternate, who ran in the Olympic trials, was Willie Gault. Darrell Green beat Calvin Smith head to head in the 100m in the spring of 1983 in an NCAA track event. Darrell Green beat Ron Brown in the quarterfinals of the 1986 NFL's Fastest Man competition. He beat Brown in the finals of the 1987 NFL's Fastest Man competition. He beat Brown in the finals of the 1991 NFL's Fastest Man competition. Darrell Green beat Sam Graddy in the quarterfinals of the 1989 NFL's Fastest Man competition. Darrell Green beat Carl Lewis in a 1991 event called the World's Fastest Athlete. It was a 100m race. And, for good measure, Darrell Green beat Willie Gault in the finals of the 1986 NFL's Fastest Man competition. In it, Darrell posted a 6.01. That mark was never broken in any race of the subsequent 10 competitions (comprising 70 individual races). The world record for that distance (60 yards) is 5.99. So, I think this offers some fairly thorough support that yes, Darrell Green *was* an Olympic-calibre sprinter, seeing how he beat every, single, one of the members of the 4 X 100 Gold medal Olympic team in head to head races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MumboSauce Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Thick much. sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Wow, you guys are not really that smart eh?The guy is a class act and fast... loved his speech but to say he has world class track speed or ever did is just down right wrong. Have you actually read anything in this thread or do you keep just posting whatever you want to say?Because your stance here has been debunked thoroughly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorldBFree76 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Wow, you guys are not really that smart eh?The guy is a class act and fast... loved his speech but to say he has world class track speed or ever did is just down right wrong. :doh: I thought the fact about DG was common knowledge. I guess not :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadExField Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 The guy outran a whole team with broken ribs...nuff said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DButz65 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Back then DG would of loved to run track for the USA in the Olympics, but the rules back then forbidded professional athletes from participating is the Olympics, he inquired about it at one point and was told if he ran track he would of had to quit playing football ....of course these rules were changed later, but hell yes he had world class speed. radagast5's post nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen-like Todd Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Just to add to the state of knowledge in this thread: http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1118890/2/index.htm From a 1991 article on Leroy Burrell (who at one time held the world record in the 100m). Burrell, ranked No. 1 in the world last year in the 100 meters, may have needed a boost to his pride. A week before the Madrid race, he placed second to Washington Redskins cornerback Darrell Green in the World's Fastest Athlete competition, a made-for-television affair featuring competitors from various sports running a variety of courses. "I had trouble with the bases," Burrell said of the baseball event. I'd love to find a copy of that video, but I'm having absolutely no luck finding any details about the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnhay Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Wow, you guys are not really that smart eh?The guy is a class act and fast... loved his speech but to say he has world class track speed or ever did is just down right wrong. Yeah, he beat world class sprinters but that doesn't mean he had world class speed! What is everyone thinking? :dunce: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PCS Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Wow, you guys are not really that smart eh?The guy is a class act and fast... loved his speech but to say he has world class track speed or ever did is just down right wrong. Pot meet kettle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedskinDaddy Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Based on his posts I suspect SNCF has world-class speed too - Problem is he keeps refilling his pipe with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theTruthTeller Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Darrell whipped Carl Lewis ass in what I believe was an Olympic tryout in 83 or 84http://www.answers.com/topic/darrell-green As a football player Green was named Division II All-American and in track the only man who ran a faster collegiate 100-meter time was Olympic legend Carl Lewis. There were no olympic trials in '83 and he was a already a pro in '84. Your link indicates the opposite - it says that Lewis had a faster college time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Darell Green was fast. He is listed at #164 all time for the 100m. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNGwithOUTaCrwN Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 fastest man competition four times. this guy has blazing speed.no doubt bout it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertfox59 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Darrell Green was super fast. Here's the proof: He beat Chuck Norris by .83 seconds in the 100m dash. (Chuck ran backwards of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoGood28 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 If Darrel Green was train to run track like other. He will be faster than anybody. He was already fast than most and all of nfl player but just was not train to run track Is this English? How about a little proofreading in the future? But, I think I agree with your post if I reading it "correctly". Ole Do Good was fast enough to compete in the Olympics if he chose it over football. Fortunately, he didn't and became arguably the greatest Redskin ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangSteve Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 He was fast, but he wasn't world-class track fast. Yea right, he recorded the fasted record in the world when he came out of college, only Carl Lewis has broken that record. 4.24 in the 40, and he ran this speed for many years, and 10.6 in the 100. Do you realize thats running 30 feet per second?If that isnt world class speed then what is? Darrell Green was one of the fasted men in this world, on the track or off it. Dont know who holds the record now, but too bad they cant play football and be playing it for this team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MustangSteve Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Darell Green was fast. He is listed at #164 all time for the 100m. Wonder what the record for the 100m is now. Some people dont even need a motor cycle huh lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpheusmeyers Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Wow, you guys are not really that smart eh?The guy is a class act and fast... loved his speech but to say he has world class track speed or ever did is just down right wrong. He did Beat Ron Brown, a man you stated that he could not beat, and never faced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corcaigh Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Darrell did have world class track speed for sure. But until you place in the first three in the 100m in the USA Track & Field Championships in an Olympic year, you're not on the team going to the Olympics as an individual. Every year there are a dozen contenders or more who run very fast times over the course of a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairRedskin Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Wonder what the record for the 100m is now. Some people dont even need a motor cycle huh lol. The record now is 9.72 http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/alltime/1_Men.html Darrell is on that list at 10.08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radagast5 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 The record now is 9.72http://www.apulanta.fi/matti/yu/alltime/1_Men.html Darrell is on that list at 10.08 At the time he ran it, that 10.08 was the 14th fastest time in history. He also ran an unofficial (e.g., during practice) 9.98 that same spring of 1983. *That* time, had it been sanctioned, would have qualified for the second fastest 100m ever at the time, and was .03 off the then current world record of 9.95. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riggins77 Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 He was fast, but he wasn't world-class track fast. And he wasn't Colt Brennan rocket pass fast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Terrapin Posted August 4, 2008 Share Posted August 4, 2008 Darrell Green was super fast. Here's the proof: He beat Chuck Norris by .83 seconds in the 100m dash. (Chuck ran backwards of course). Now THAT'S funny. :laugh: :doh: What's not funny is being set straight w/ a stack of facts and still sticking to a claim. DG was THE MAN. (But you gotta love his kid sticking it to him about staying in shape yesterday....) HTTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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