Achane has the 2nd fastest time in 200 this year.
Dickey was never second fastest at anything.

There was only one player that looked as fast as Curtis Dickey on the football field and that was Darryl Green from Texas A&I.

Brandon Williams.

Wish there was more film of Dickey. He just punished the track. And some of those times were on surfaces that would be very slow for today, and shoes that would be laughed at today. He had a slightly wind aided 100M that would have been a WR at the time.

If there would have been an '80 Olympics, he would have made the team.

May be the fastest football player in history.

Great names and great track speed for all those mentioned. CD had a 9.0 in the hundred yard dash before 100 meter became the standard... a receiver in the late 70s or early 80's ran a 9.2. Don Jones...messed up his knee in practice... and John Kimbrough introduced me to one of his teammates from 39...BAMA Smith was Olympian and also clocked 9.2. Jay Schroeder was a just ahead of McNeal running a 4.28 or 4.29 in 40. Mosely was lightning as QB for Dickey

cecil77 said:

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Wish there was more film of Dickey. He just punished the track. And some of those times were on surfaces that would be very slow for today, and shoes that would be laughed at today. He had a slightly wind aided 100M that would have been a WR at the time.

If there would have been an '80 Olympics, he would have made the team.

May be the fastest football player in history.

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I was at the track meet at Kyle field when Curtis Dickey made that 100M run. At first I thought I had witnessed a WR but the announcer mentioned the wind speed disqualified the WR. It was a gas watching CD break into the open field with the football because it was usually 6 points.

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ironmanag said:

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Y'all are severely underestimating Achane.

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I agree. By the time he's an upperclassman, he will be the fastest Aggie football player ever. We're talking about a guy who could be trying to qualify for the olympics next year.

No disrespect to Curtis Dickey, but athletes are just a different breed these days.

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Curtis Dickey did it at 200 pounds. I saw go to throw a half back pass against tu. He was 20 yards away and just took off for the goal line . He was in the end zone before anyone had moved. Dickey would have been an Olympian in the 80 olympics if we went iirc

Your right. He was first.

cecil77 said:

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Wish there was more film of Dickey. He just punished the track. And some of those times were on surfaces that would be very slow for today, and shoes that would be laughed at today. He had a slightly wind aided 100M that would have been a WR at the time.

If there would have been an '80 Olympics, he would have made the team.

May be the fastest football player in history.

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I would put Bob Hayes up there.

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Hayes is the second Olympic gold medalist to be inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, after Jim Thorpe. He once held the world record for the 70-yard dash (with a time of 6.9 seconds). He also is tied for the world's second fastest time in the 60-yard dash. He was once considered the "world's fastest human" by virtue of his multiple world records in the 60-yard, 100-yard, 220-yard, and Olympic 100-meter dashes. Hayes tied the world record to win the 100 meters, then anchored the U.S. 4x100-meter relay team that broke the world record. Hayes is the only athlete to win both an Olympic gold medal and a Super Bowl ring.

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NavyAg92 said:

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Yep. Toya Jones was a track star and would've smoked most, if not all, noted above.

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This.

I seen Spencer Nealy move pretty fast in his 40 yard Dash!

And Hayes ran on cinder tracks with inch long spikes and leather shoes.

Would have been a great race, that's for sure.

I went to high school with Curtis. That high school team had three future NFL players on it, two of which went to A&M. Curtis was one, Gerald Carter was the other. Curtis was the fastest ever Aggie football player, and everyone else comes in a distant second. And, he was 6'2, 220 lbs. when he won those 60 yard dash championships. In high school, during track season he'd just jog around the track a little bit during the week, that was his "workout". Then when the track meets happened on the weekends, he'd blow everyone else away.

Believe Mosley ran a 9.4 100 !

NavyAg92 said:

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Yep. Toya Jones was a track star and would've smoked most, if not all, noted above.

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The 60 is different from the 100.

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There was only one player that looked as fast as Curtis Dickey on the football field and that was Darryl Green from Texas A&I.

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Bo Jackson was the fastest in a uniform. Just check out the screen pass in the Cotton Bowl. I believe Moseley beat Dickey in the forty and couple of times.

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cecil77 said:

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Wish there was more film of Dickey. He just punished the track. And some of those times were on surfaces that would be very slow for today, and shoes that would be laughed at today. He had a slightly wind aided 100M that would have been a WR at the time.

If there would have been an '80 Olympics, he would have made the team.

May be the fastest football player in history.

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I was at the track meet at Kyle field when Curtis Dickey made that 100M run. At first I thought I had witnessed a WR but the announcer mentioned the wind speed disqualified the WR. It was a gas watching CD break into the open field with the football because it was usually 6 points.

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I attended that same track meet, too! And yeah, I realize that the wind speed was officially beyond the limit; I recall the acceptable limit at 2 MPH, yet the announcer mentioned that the official wind speed that day was 4 MPH.

The world record in the 100M at that time was still 9.9, originally set by Jim Hines in the 1968 Olympics, I believe. Curtis' time that day?... 9.85. That's a true story, and I'll never forget it! When the announcer said that, there was a magical buzz throughout the stadium.

And yeah, Curtis Dickey was a mountain of a man next to the much more svelte sprinters lined up next to him. I remember Curtis wearing a chain around his neck, and it bobbled as he ran. He was in Lane 4 or 5, and right next to him was a real speedster from LSU (don't recall the name). But they were not alone; that whole field of sprinters had nothing but vapor trails on them that day. Still, at about the 60 yd mark, it was Curtis and Mr. LSU pulling ahead of the pack. Then, Curtis took a quick glance at Mr LSU, then he bobbled his head a bit, and then hit another gear I've never seen before. Or since. By the time the 100M take came, Curtis was at least four yards ahead of Mr. LSU. 9.85... yup, that's what it looks like.

Unfortunately, Curtis (and I) were at A&M during a time where there was scant little video coverage of football games, much less track meets. Still, here's a neat clip of A&M running backs through the years, You'll find Curtis Dickey starting about the 1:00 min mark where he lines up in the classic Wishbone. It goes by rather quickly, but watch Curtis' turnover-of-feet when he hits the 30 yard-line, then watch again when he hits the 40. I swear... it's the same acceleration I saw at the track meet. I've never seen anything like it.

9.85. That was real. I saw it while sitting in Kyle Field.