Bob Hayes

Hayes broke every textbook rule. He ran pigeon-toed, with a rolling, almost brawling action, yet he won the 1964 Olympic 100m in Tokyo from lane one on a cinder track churned up by earlier races. His anchor leg in the relay is still talked about as one of the fastest ever timed by hand, and he went on to star in the NFL. Study him as proof that raw force can outweigh classical form.