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Bob Hayes, an Olympic champion sprinter whose blinding speed with the Dallas Cowboys reshaped the way defense is played in the NFL, died at 59.
He died of kidney failure Wednesday at Shands Hospital, daughter Westine Lodge said. He was hospitalized earlier this month and had also battled liver ailments and prostate cancer.
"Bullet" Bob Hayes earned the title of "World's Fastest Human" and later fell victim to drugs and alcohol and went to prison -- one reason he never made the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
He died of kidney failure Wednesday at Shands Hospital, daughter Westine Lodge said. He was hospitalized earlier this month and had also battled liver ailments and prostate cancer.
"Bullet" Bob Hayes earned the title of "World's Fastest Human" and later fell victim to drugs and alcohol and went to prison -- one reason he never made the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
