Who is the Fastest Sprinter of All Time?

Wanted to take a moment this day that all the world thinks Bolt is the fastest thing since bullets. He isn't and has never been. A man named Ivory Crockett was and is still the fastest human ever to put on track shoes. If you don't believe me, click on some of the links below and take the time to read about this man. I went to school with Ivory in Webster and had the chance to see him in person many times smoke all sprinters.

Crockett, a track star from Webster Groves in St. Louis County, Missouri, ran college sprints for Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. In 1974, he ran the fastest 100-yard dash with manual timing of 9.0 seconds, a record he still holds.^[1]. This was deemed at the time by the Los Angeles Times as "Immortality in 9 Seconds Flat"^[2], and led to him being given the inevitable title of the world's fastest man^[3] As a track athlete, Crockett felt that he was often not given proper credit for what he had achieved.


If you still have doubts, follow the links and read.


http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1088625/index.htm

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2202&dat=19740513&id=OoUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=qPIFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2644,4118295

Bolt equaled his season best of 9.91 in Ostrava today.  En route, he ran a 9.14 100 yard split.
The official FAT (Fully Automatic Timing) World Record Best for 100 yards is 9.07 (wind -0.5) set by Asafa Powell in 2010.  Prior to that. the WR WB was 9.21 set by Charlie Greene back in 1967.
For historical purposes, the best hand time is 9.0 set by Ivory Crockett in 1974.

 http://webstergroves.patch.com/topics/Ivory+Crockett

To all who think Bolt is the fastest, sorry. He is still number two behind Ivory. Many of us remember and will never forget watching him run.