The Greatest Athlete to every box

In 1950, as a 6'-3", 230-pound defensive end and offensive end, with tremendous power and speed, he was named the California high school football player of the year. In track, he ran 100 yards in 9.6 seconds and threw the Shot Put 57 feet 9¼ inches. In basketball, he was a second-team all-league center. As a high school baseball player, he hit balls out of San Diego Balboa Stadium.

Actually the High School Shot Put weighs 12 pounds, the College and Olympic one weighs 16, so he really wasn't 13" off the World record.

 

Powell vs the ATG Keene Simmons:

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You could see he was athletic.

He could punch a bit too as evident here against Charlie Que:

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Unfortunately all this didn't translate to much success in the ring:

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Powell on the receiving end of a first round KO:

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A cartoon:

http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/File:Powell.Charley.Carroll.jpg

 

Again, nobody said **** back to me, but I thought Jim J. Jeffries broke some records prior to 1900........ WTF?

MR.BILL

 

Jeffries had a lot more than just a modern heavyweights size and great strength going for him; he was also an outstanding natural athlete. John Durant, wrote in The Heavyweight Champions, “He was surprisingly fast and agile. He could run 100 yards in 11 seconds, (some claimed he ran under 11 seconds) and high jump 5 feet, 10 inches,” (Another sources says that Jeffries was also nimble and could purportedly high jump over six feet). That is absolutely remarkable for a man of his size. The world record in 1900 for the 100 yard dash was a little under ten seconds. While working as a sparring partner for James J. Corbett, Jeffries consistently out sprinted Corbett. Corbett was an outstanding all around athlete and had never lost a footrace to any of his campmates. That a heavyweight boxer, not a track and field athlete, can accomplish such feats is the mark of an excellent athletic talent.

Eyewitness referee Billy Roche concurred saying Jeffries had the "acrobatic springiness of a circus tumbler in his legs. He was no lumbering ox, anchored to one spot, but a natural athlete."

 

I just wish that Jimmy Jeff had the benefit of quality film and video like the post 30s heavies have received....... All of Jeff's footage is obscure and crude........ It makes it tuff as a dollar steak to get a good read there........ Cheers.....

MR.BILL

 

If only I could play basketball with my gloves on. :hey

 

I wish we could see a lot of the oldtimers, BUT I guess we just have to go by what we read.

 

I have a beer belly am 40 years old and can still run faster and jump higher than that. These are not idle boasts. The fact is those marks just aren't that impressive.

 

And I hate that, too............... I don't like to judge a man's greatness based on what I read in the paper or a magazine....... I like clean film footage........... And prior to 1930, clean footage is tuff to come by.......

MR.BILL:deal

 

I just watched a classic old flick called "The Big House" with Wallace Beery and Chester Morris from 1930........ CLASSIC!!

Chester Morris later had a role as the head of the boxing commish in the '69 film: "The Great White Hope" that starred James Earl Jones....... Morris was ill with cancer during the shoot and kicked-off in 1970........

MR.BILL

 

Age 43, but I'm convinced I lived a previous life......... I get these flashbacks that are not LSD induced........ WORD!
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MR.BILL