quickest player youve ever had is fielden .
never seen someone run as fast
especially when morleys running at him to get out of the way.

Gary Connolly 10.89 unconfirmed last orders at the bar

This would be the great Morley who suffered a broken cheekbone because of a teenager?

no he was'nt

Just reading March of the Saints by Alex service to clarify what i said earlier.

States re Vollenhoven clocked 10.5 over 100 yards in school trials.

It also states when he made his reserve team team debut the centres consisted of Ken Large 10.1 and Sam Clempson who just missed out on selection for British Olympic sprint team 9.9
Other winger was Derek Johnson 10.1

can also confirm that Prinsloo had a PB of 9.6
When raced in South African police championship against Vol he recorded 9.9 to Toms 9.8

Just as a guide 100 yards = 91.8 metres
or 100 metres= 109.4 yards

So we can extrapolate that someone
running 100 yards in 9.8 seconds is doing 10.2 yards per second and would therefore cover 100 metres in approx 10.7 seconds.

These times would have been recorded on cinder tracks. So are not as quick as modern day tracks.

I think its safe to say that with modern coaching and facilities eg Tartan tracks, someone like Volenhoven would be a 10.6 second hundred metre runner.

As a guide the world record 100 yard runner in the 1960s was Bob Hayes
He ran 100 yards in 9.1 seconds.
When he ran in the Olympics in 1964 he broke the world record and recorded 10.0 seconds for 100 metres on cinder track running in borrowed running shoes.

That's nothing. Our "own" jonh is faster than that.

Correct, whats the problem with that?

I have several district records, Yorkshire Caps and HMC titles to prove it from my days as an athlete with Wakefield Harriers. Also clocked the time in the P.E. Practical for A level. Was only 9 stone back then, so much less of me to shift at the time.

I was by far the fastest player at my pro club, which is why i was signed, as i can assure you it was not for my powerful line busting runs and offloads.

Dont assume everyone was the fat kid to get picked at school.

That was prior to meeting your good mates Bud & Stella.