If any members of the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers want to try and win an Olympic gold medal, they wouldn’t be the first to achieve both a Super Bowl title and a gold medal.
That distinction forever belongs to “Bullet” Bob Hayes. There was a reason why he was bestowed that nickname, because Hayes was as fast as a bullet.
That was evident at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, when Hayes first won a gold medal in the 100-meter dash, clocking in at 10.06 seconds, which, at the time was a world record.
Hayes then was a part of the United States’ 4X100 relay team that won a gold medal, and before the race, French anchorman Jocelyn Delecour reportedly told U.S.