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Bob Hayes
Career information High school: Jacksonville (FL) Gilbert College: Florida A&M NFL Draft: 1964 / Round: 7 / Pick: 88 Debuted in 1965 for the Dallas Cowboys Last played in 1975 for the San Francisco 49ers Career history Dallas Cowboys (1965–1974) San Francisco 49ers (1975) Career highlights and awards 3× Pro Bowl selection (1965, 1966, 1967) 2× AP First-Team All-Pro selection (1966, 1968) AP Second-Team All-Pro selection (1967) 2× NFC Champion (1970, 1971) Super Bowl VI champion Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee (2009) Career NFL statistics as of 1975 Receptions 371 Receiving Yards 7,414 Touchdowns 71 Stats at NFL.com Pro Football Hall of Fame Olympic medal record Men's athletics Competitor for the United States Gold 1964 Tokyo 100 metres Gold 1964 Tokyo 4x100 metres relay Robert Lee "Bullet Bob" Hayes (December 20, 1942 – September 18, 2002) was an Olympic sprinter turned American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys. An American track and field athlete, he was a two-sport stand-out in college in both track and football at Florida A&M University. He has one of the top 100 meter times by NFL players. Hayes was enshrined in the Dallas Cowboys Ring of Honor in 2001 and was selected for induction in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in January 2009. He was officially inducted in Canton, Ohio on August 8, 2009. Hayes is the second Olympic gold medalist to be inducted to the Hall of Fame, after Jim Thorpe. Once considered the world's fastest man by virtue of his multiple world records in the 60-yard, 100-yard, 220-yard, and Olympic 100-meter dashes, Hayes is the first man to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.
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