When you think of Carl Lewis, you think of one of the most decorated American Olympians of all-time. You don’t think of him as a member of the Dallas Cowboys. Yet at the 1984 NFL Draft, for some reason, the Cowboys decided to spend a draft pick on the Olympic sprinter… even though Lewis expressed no interest whatsoever in playing football. This is the bizarre story behind the time the Cowboys spent their draft pick on gold medalist Carl Lewis
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Carl Lewis is an American former track and field athlete who won nine Olympic gold medals, one Olympic silver medal, and 10 World Championships medals, including eight gold. His career spanned from 1979 to 1996, when he last won an Olympic event. He is one of only three Olympic athletes who won a gold medal in the same individual event in four consecutive Olympic Games.
Lewis was a dominant sprinter and long jumper who topped the world rankings in the 100 m, 200 m and long jump events frequently from 1981 to the early 1990s. He set world records in the 100 m, 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m relays, while his world record in the indoor long jump has stood since 1984. His 65 consecutive victories in the long jump achieved over a span of 10 years is one of the sport’s longest undefeated streaks. Over the course of his athletics career, Lewis broke 10 seconds for the 100 meters fifteen times and 20 seconds for the 200 meters ten times. Lewis also long jumped over 28 feet seventy-one times.
Carl Lewis won the gold medal at the following Summer Olympic events:
1984 100m
1984 200m
1984 4x100m relay
1984 long jump
1988 100m
1988 200m (silver medal)
1988 long jump
1992 4x100m relay
1992 long jump
1996 long jump
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