Hershel Walker

[Salty]

Has anyone seen the ESPNU episode of "The SEC Storied" featuring Hershel Walker? It's a real interesting piece on who was, IMO, the greatest running back at any level of football. He overcame a tough childhood to accomplish what he did. Amazing....at 49 years of age he ran a 4.39 40-yard sprint. Check it out if you get a chance.

[Slidellkid]

He was an amazing dude, that is for sure.

[Micah]

I watched it the other day and enjoyed it, guy was a beast and still is. If I remember right, he said he still does 1500 push ups and sit ups a day at almost 50 years old.

[ckinchen]

I saw it, espn did a great job with that story.

[specktator]

Yeh I watched it a few months ago. Great show. What a dumb move to join the AFL or whatever it was called.

[jldsc]

Im purty sure he's doing MMA also!!


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[SaltERedneck]

They said on The Heisman House that he still runs a 4.3 and the dude is prolly the fitest 50 yr old. I have the old highlights of him on VHS i used to watch every saturday before football started... I am gonna look for it today!

[Clampy]

One of his MMA fights @ 48 years old.

http://youtu.be/DYHMHnI-SlY





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[goldenrod]

Salty did you see the one about Marcus Dupre?

[Clampy]

Originally Posted by goldenrod

Salty did you see the one about Marcus Dupre?

That was a good one. They are all really good.



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[Big Kahunaz]

Herschel is a beast! Good story...I love documentaries!
I thought it unique when he didn't even remember most of his college career.

But man, I have to say the all time legend and freak of nature was Bo Jackson!! This dude was superhuman. Baseball & football and saw playing football as a hobby. This guy was in a league of his own. Ran a 4.12 at 225lbs in the combines..did backflips while standing thigh high in water...ran up an 8ft wall after catching a fly ball so he wouldn't smash into it....would go from baseball to football and hop right into his first game and start crushing people without ever practicing and taking hits...ran smack dab over the "BOZ's" juiced up *** (BO dont know Juice!)

Check out ESPNs 30 for 30: You Don't Know Bo
This documentary will give u an in depth look at BO.

If you don't know Bo ...u dont know diddly! ;-)

[SaltERedneck]

hershel would compete in martial arts on sundays after he played a collegiate game on saturday.

[SGib]

4.12????? Come on man

[SaltERedneck]

Originally Posted by SGib

4.12????? Come on man

Manual stop watch

http://www.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/e...82485/34988066


http://statisticbrain.com/fastest-40...n-nfl-history/

[SGib]

Hand time. But still would have been legit Tronic speed

[Clampy]

I ran a 5 flat in HS. Now what !!


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[Salty]

Originally Posted by Big Kahunaz

Herschel is a beast! Good story...I love documentaries!
I thought it unique when he didn't even remember most of his college career.

But man, I have to say the all time legend and freak of nature was Bo Jackson!! This dude was superhuman. Baseball & football and saw playing football as a hobby. This guy was in a league of his own. Ran a 4.12 at 225lbs in the combines..did backflips while standing thigh high in water...ran up an 8ft wall after catching a fly ball so he wouldn't smash into it....would go from baseball to football and hop right into his first game and start crushing people without ever practicing and taking hits...ran smack dab over the "BOZ's" juiced up *** (BO dont know Juice!)

Check out ESPNs 30 for 30: You Don't Know Bo
This documentary will give u an in depth look at BO.

If you don't know Bo ...u dont know diddly! ;-)

When I said, IMO, Walker was the best...I said running back. He remains among the NCAA's all-time career rushing leaders and is the only one in the Top 10 with 3 years of collegiate play. About Marcus Dupree, they said, "Bigger than Earl Campbell....faster than Hershel Walker." He might have been but I saw Dupree play several times and, IMO, he was no Hershel Walker. Like Vince Dooley said, "Had Hershel played his final year at Georgia...he would have set rushing marks that would never be broken."

[barbarian]

Originally Posted by Big Kahunaz

Herschel is a beast! Good story...I love documentaries!
I thought it unique when he didn't even remember most of his college career.

But man, I have to say the all time legend and freak of nature was Bo Jackson!! This dude was superhuman. Baseball & football and saw playing football as a hobby. This guy was in a league of his own. Ran a 4.12 at 225lbs in the combines..did backflips while standing thigh high in water...ran up an 8ft wall after catching a fly ball so he wouldn't smash into it....would go from baseball to football and hop right into his first game and start crushing people without ever practicing and taking hits...ran smack dab over the "BOZ's" juiced up *** (BO dont know Juice!)

Check out ESPNs 30 for 30: You Don't Know Bo
This documentary will give u an in depth look at BO.

If you don't know Bo ...u dont know diddly! ;-)

I saw that one on Bo. It was pretty awesome. The unbelievable part was that his career ending injury was just a simple busted blood vessel. No MRI's are anything back then so nobody knew. It cut off blood flow to his hip and it basically died. Simple fix now days. And I think they said he was the only Professional in a major sport to ever play with a major joint replacement. 2 years in baseball with a fake hip and a HR in his first at bat with that hip.

FYI - If you watch Herschel's MMA fight, the SEC - Storied piece is on you tube also so you can watch it there.

[mr crab]

the bo jackson show was cool when it showed him shooting his bow. dude is a heck of a bowhunter