Jim Hines (McClymonds HS, Oakland 1964; Texas Southern)

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Jim Hines Personal information
Born (1946-09-10) September 10, 1946 (age 66)
Medal record[hide]Men's athletics
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Gold 1968 Mexico City 100 metres
Gold 1968 Mexico City 4x100 metres relay

James "Jim" Ray Hines (born September 10, 1946) is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters, running an electronically timed 9.95 to win the 1968 Olympics at altitude in Mexico City.

Contents [hide]
1 Track career
2 Football career
3 Later years
4 References

[edit] Track career Born in Dumas, Arkansas, Hines was raised in Oakland, California and graduated from McClymonds High School in 1964. He was a baseball player in his younger years, until he was spotted by track coach, Jim Coleman, as a running talent and became a sprinter. At the 1968 US national championships in Sacramento, California, Hines became the first man to break the ten second barrier in the 100 meter race, setting 9.9 (manual timing), with a real time of 10.03 - two other athletes, Ronnie Ray Smith behind him (real time 10.13) and Charles Greene on the other semi-final (real time 10.09) having the same official clocking. That evening of June 20, 1968 at Hughes Stadium has been dubbed by track and field historians as the "Night of Speed."[1][2] Hines attended Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. He was a member of the Texas Southern University Tigers track team.

A few months later, at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Hines — a black athlete — found himself in a tense situation, with racial riots going on in his home country and a threat of a boycott by the black athletes of the US team, who were disturbed by the controversial idea of admitting apartheid South Africa to the Games and revelations linking the head of the International Olympic Committee, Avery Brundage, to a racist and anti-semitic country club. Hines reached the 100 m final, and won it with the time 9.89 appearing at the screen, later corrected to 9.95. There was some controversy over how to his (slower appearing) electronic time of 9.95 should compare to the hand timed 9.9 "record" races of the day. It took until 1977 before fully automatic timing was required of world records. As the fastest electronic time to that point, Hines' mark was recognized exclusively as a new world record.[3] The race was also significant for being the first all-black final in Olympic history. Hines helped break another World Record, when he and his teammates sprinted to the 4 x 100 m relay gold at the same Games.

[edit] Football career Jimmy Hines No. 99, 81
Wide receiver
Personal information
Date of birth: (1946-09-10) September 10, 1946 (age 66)
Place of birth: Dumas, Arkansas
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 175 lb (79 kg)

Career information
College: Texas Southern
NFL Draft: 1968 / Round: 6 / Pick: 146
Debuted in 1969 for the Miami Dolphins
Last played in 1970 for the Kansas City Chiefs
Career history
Miami Dolphins (1968-1969)
Kansas City Chiefs (1970)

Career highlights and awards
None

Career NFL statistics as of 1970
Receptions 2
Receiving yards 23
Touchdowns 0
Stats at NFL.com

After these successes, Hines was a 6th round pick in the 1968 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins, an American football team. Unfortunately, Hines did not have the football skills to match his speed and spent the 1968 season on the practice squad. He was given the nickname "Oops" due to his lack of football skill.[4] He appeared in 10 games with Miami in 1969 catching just two passes for 23 yards, rushed the ball one time for seven yards and returned one kickoff for 22 yards. Hines then appeared in one game with the Kansas City Chiefs in 1970. He never played pro football again.

[edit] Later years For years Hines worked with inner-city youth in Houston, as well as on oil rigs outside the city.

Hines's world record remained unbeaten for an exceptionally long time, until Calvin Smith ran 9.93 in July 1983.Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m

1896: Thomas Burke (USA) 1900: Frank Jarvis (USA) 1904: Archie Hahn (USA) 1908: Reggie Walker (RSA) 1912: Ralph Craig (USA) 1920: Charlie Paddock (USA) 1924: Harold Abrahams (GBR) 1928: Percy Williams (CAN) 1932: Eddie Tolan (USA) 1936: Jesse Owens (USA) 1948: Harrison Dillard (USA) 1952: Lindy Remigino (USA) 1956: Bobby Morrow (USA) 1960: Armin Hary (GER) 1964: Bob Hayes (USA) 1968: Jim Hines (USA) 1972: Valeriy Borzov (URS) 1976: Hasely Crawford (TRI) 1980: Allan Wells (GBR) 1984: Carl Lewis (USA) 1988: Carl Lewis (USA) 1992: Linford Christie (GBR) 1996: Donovan Bailey (CAN) 2000: Maurice Greene (USA) 2004: Justin Gatlin (USA) 2008: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2012: Usain Bolt (JAM)

[show]v t e Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Relay

1912: Great Britain 1920: United States 1924: United States 1928: United States 1932: United States 1936: United States 1948: United States 1952: United States 1956: United States 1960: Germany 1964: United States 1968: United States 1972: United States 1976: United States 1980: Soviet Union 1984: United States 1988: Soviet Union 1992: United States 1996: Canada 2000: United States 2004: Great Britain 2008: Jamaica 2012: Jamaica

1968 United States (Charles Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith & Jim Hines)