Nick Drake, Star of Track & Field

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Just saw this Factoid on the Allmusic Guide:

"Decades after he attended the prestigious boarding school Marlborough, cherubic folksinger Nick Drake still holds the record for the fastest 100-yard dash in school history."

If this is true, it has to be the longest-standing 100-yard dash record in the world.

Other musicians who were also star athletes?

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 21:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Is this the Nick Drake-Belle and Sebastian Rosetta Stone?

― Sean@tangmonkey (Sean M), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Nicky Byrne (Westlife) and Julio Iglesias were both professional footballers before they made it in music, at Leeds United and Real Madrid respectively.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 21:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Rod Stewart is not unfamiliar with balls

― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Wayman Tisdale to thread.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

'Tis true Mark, read it in his auto.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 22:33 (twenty-two years ago)

But ... how fast was he?

― Jazzbo (jmcgaw), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 22:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, Carl Lewis did release a couple of records... :-)

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 23:01 (twenty-two years ago)

And there was also the Superbowl Shuffle by The Chicago Bears Shufflin' Crew.
Reached an impressive no. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Stone-cold classic.
A whole team of frikkin' musicians.

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Tuesday, 29 April 2003 23:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Robert Pollard -- Quarterback for Northridge High and, as i understand, the first in the history of Wright State University to throw a no-hitter.

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh yeah, and during a web verification of those, is see that his brother, Jim Pollard, still holds the single-season scoring record in Ohio high school basketball.

― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 12:31 (twenty-two years ago)

first quarterback to throw a no-hitter? quite a feat.

― pauls00, Wednesday, 30 April 2003 12:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Pollard looks like he played a bit of football - he looks like he could handle himself in a bar-room brawl. Which makes a pleasant change from the usual mincing ninnies in indie bands.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 30 April 2003 12:52 (twenty-two years ago)

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