Thread: Can a person kick a ball farther or throw a ball farther

It appears to me that some of the five yard marks are missing. It appears to me that they are faded around midfield and are more evident around the 20's.

Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

It appears to me that some of the five yard marks are missing. It appears to me that they are faded around midfield and are more evident around the 20's.

Yes, I took that into consideration. A couple of them were very easy to miss.
I had to run it again and again to be sure.
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Originally Posted by Al Wilson 4 Mayor

Here's the video. He's standing on about the 10-12 yard line, he spins and rolls to his left and launches the ball from the 7 between the hash marks. The guy catches the ball at the six yard line on the right side of the harshmark, but the ball would have easily travelled to the 5 or 4 yard line if not caught.

Check it out at the 12:56 mark. It's easily 88 yards in the air.

By the way, thanks for posting the vid. I watched the whole thing again
It never gets old to me.
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Just stumbled on this: 87 yard pass by Bradbury Robinson in 1906 (a year after passing was legalized:) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbur...pass.2C_boy.22
Only written accounts survive, but they are numerous, and all but a few agree the pass traveled 87 yards from passer to receiver—and that was the old style footballs: Thicker and unpointed; basically rugby balls. It's also worth noting many at the time (including Robinson himself) regarded him as something of a freak of nature for his hands, which were unusually large, and Robinson claimed a childhood injury on his throwing hand had permanently bent his pinkie so his spirals had more rotation. So it looks like the longest pass was by the guy who came up with the idea (perhaps unsurprisingly.

Anyway, thought the pass' inventor throwing historys longest just two years later worth a bump.

I wonder if you can kick or throw a baseball farther.........

Originally Posted by BigDaddyBronco

I wonder if you can kick or throw a baseball farther.........

hah.. test that out for me and get back. TIA

Originally Posted by BigDaddyBronco

I wonder if you can kick or throw a baseball farther.........

Yes

Originally Posted by BigDaddyBronco

I wonder if you can kick or throw a baseball farther.........

I already told that joke on the first page. FFS, have some self respect