10-08-2017, 05:26 PM
(10-08-2017, 01:59 PM)dabigv link Wrote:I would love it if he breaks Hyland's 89 year record.
Me too. Hyland was an interesting character. He was more a rugby player than a football player. He played and starred on the 1924 Olympic gold medal winning rugby team. Supposedly he couldn't do much else on the football field other than run, but he was very, very fast. He beat Olympic sprinter Charlie Paddock at sprints up to 50 yards, then Paddock would typically pull away. Hyland was born in SF, went to St. Ignatius, did a prep year or two at Santa Clara University high school, then attended Stanford.
He had four wives, and was a sportswriter for the LA times. Also did a number of things in Hollywood. A very interesting life.
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