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TRACK AND FIELD TRIVIA
Hurdlers who became relayers \ footballers
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Obviously any talk about hurdlers as relayers starts with Harrison Dilliard. He ran on two Olympic gold medal 4x1 teams.
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The best hurdler/relayer/footballer however was probably Willie Gault.
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Then we had USC's Earl McCullouch who ran on that WR Trojan team and had a "good" NFL career.
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Then we had...
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Hayes Jones/Eastern Michigan...known for a blistering start he ran on a few USA National team.
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Jerry Tarr/Oregon...ran on their WR team. Had a short rather nothing NFL ..ah...stop.
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Bobby Mitchell/Illinois...probably the best footballer/hurdler. A Hall of Famer.
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Richmond Flowers/Tennessee...did little in the NFL.
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Renaldo Nehemiah/Maryland...two words...Penn Relays! Can I really call him a footballer?
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Mel Renfro/Oregon...he ran with Tarr on that WR team. Renfro was also a 25-10 long jumper. Hall of Famer (NFL).
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Colin Jackson/Great Britian...great lead off man.
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Terrence Trammell/So.Carolina...the fastest hurdler ever.
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Arnaldo Bristol/Texas Southern...lead off those great Jimmy Hines teams.
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Reyna Thompson/Baylor...had a good NFL career.
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Greg Foster/UCLA...ran on those UCLA teams.
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Ashland Whitfield/Arizona...ran on a solid Wildcats team.
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James Owens/UCLA...the best hurdler/running back. Or was that Michigan's Tyrone Wheatley?
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Gene Washington/Michigan St...great career with the Vikes.
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Quadry Ismail/Syracuse...good NFL career.
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Rod Woodson/Purdue...the best hurdler/footballer on the defensive side of the ball.
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Now if we are talking 400ih.....
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Bennie Brazell/LSU...too bad he's not as successful with the Bengals (if still there) as he was anchoring the Tigers.
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Paul Robinson/Arizona...1000yd rusher as a rookie. Another Bengal.
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Nolan Cromwell/Kansas...great NFL career.
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