1980 MEN'S FINAL

Heisman Trophy winner Charles White of U.S.C. won the closest Superstars finish to date, a margin of 1 3/4 points over New England Patriot tight end Russ Francis. There were many brand new finalists as defending champion Greg Pruitt was injured and unable to compete. The level of competition was down from the previous couple of years, as the winning lift in weight lifting was only 250 and no one broke 10 seconds in the 100 yard dash. No records were set. The championship came down to the obstacle course as five men could win the title. Russ Francis beat raquetball champion Marty Hogan 24.73 to 25.08, which eliminated Hogan. In the second heat, Charles White edged Washington Redskin quarterback Joe Thiesmann 24.70 to 24.96, which knocked Theismann out of the running. Baltimore Oriole outfielder Al Bumbry played the spoiler role by equalling White's time of 24.70 seconds, which knocked Francis out. Phil Garner of the Pittsburgh Pirates still had a chance to defeat White for the title, but he lost his footing after the water jump and crashed headlong into the high bar, incurring a five second penalty and giving the overall title to White. The final was so close that had Francis run the obstacle course four one hundredths of a second faster, he would have won the title. Had Joe Theismann run 27 one-hundredths faster, he would have won. Marty Hogan needed to run the obstacle course just 39 hundredths faster to win and Phil Garner would have captured the title by succesfully getting over the high bar and posting a time 17 hundredths faster than the time he ran before adding the penatly.

Once again, the finals were shown over a two-week period. Broadcast of the second week was joined in progress on the east coast because it was televised the same day that the United States Olympic Hockey team defeated Finland for the gold medal. The half mile and the 100 yard dash heats were not shown.

Freeport, Lucaya, Bahamas

Competition Dates: February 8-10, 1980

Air Dates: February 17 & 24, 1980

Announcers: Don Drysdale, Reggie Jackson & Lynn Swann.


PLC. NAME, SPORT

TEN

SWIM

WL

BOWL

BIKE

HALF

100

GOLF

ROW

OC

TOTAL

MONEY

1. Charles White, Football
-
-
3/4
0
7
10
10
0
-
7

34 3/4

$35,425
2. Russ Francis, Football
-
7
10
0
2
0
-
0
10
4

33

$24,900
3. Phil Garner, Baseball
-
4
3/4
10
-
4
4
-
7
0

29 3/4

$18,925
4. Joe Theismann, Football
4
-
0
4
-
7
1
10
-
2

28

$8,400
5. Marty Hogan, Raquetball
7
1 1/2
-
2
10
1
-
-
4
1

26 1/2

$7,950
6. Mike Schmidt, Baseball
2
10
7
0
-
4
0
-

23

$6,900
7. Al Bumbry, Baseball
-
-
3/4
0
1
2
7
0
-
10

20 3/4

$6,225
8. Jim Kiick, Football
0
4
7
7
1
-

19

$5,700
9. Gail Goodrich, Basketball
10
-
-
1
4
1
0

16

$4,800
10. Brad Van Pelt, Football
1/2
1 1/2
-
0
0
2

4

$1,200
11. Lou Brock, Baseball
-
3/4
0
2
0
0

2 3/4

$1,000
12. Deacon Jones, Football
1/2
-
0
0
2

2 1/2

$1,000

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS

SWIMMING (50 Yards) - heat 1

1. Russ Francis

N/A
2. Phil Garner

N/A
3. Brad Van Pelt

N/A

SWIMMING (50 Yards) - heat 1

1. Mike Schmidt

N/A
2. Marty Hogan

N/A
3. Jim Kiick

N/A

TENNIS

1. Gail Goodrich

10
2. Marty Hogan

7
3. Joe Theismann

4
4. Mike Schmidt

2
5. Deacon Jones

1/2
5. Brad Van Pelt

1/2
Schmidt d. Jones

6-1
Hogan d. Theismann

N/A
Goodrich d. Hogan
N/A

SWIMMING - (100 yards)

1. Mike Schmidt

N/A
2. Russ Francis

N/A
3. Phil Garner

N/A
4. Marty Hogan

dnf
4. Brad Van Pelt

dnf

WEIGHT LIFTING

1. Russ Francis

250
2. Mike Schmidt

240
3. Jim Kiick

230
4. Lou Brock

220
4. Al Bumbry

220
4. Phil Garner
220
4. Charles White
220
8. Joe Theismann
210
9. Deacon Jones
200

BOWLING

1. Phil Garner

N/A
N/A
N/A

N/A
2. Jim Kiick

N/A
N/A
N/A

N/A
3. Joe Theismann

N/A
N/A
N/A
4. Marty Hogan

N/A
N/A
N/A
5. Gail Goodrich

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A. Charles White
N/A
N/A
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BIKE RACE - heat 1 (Half Mile)

1. Marty Hogan

N/A
2. Charles White

N/A

BIKE RACE - heat 2 (Half Mile)

1. Russ Francis

N/A
2. Al Bumbry

N/A
3. Gail Goodrich

N/A
4. Brad Van Pelt

N/A

BIKE RACE - final (Mile)

1. Marty Hogan

N/A
2. Charles White

N/A
3. Gail Goodrich

N/A
4. Russ Francis

N/A
5. Al Bumbry

N/A

HALF MILE RUN

1. Charles White

2:11
2. Joe Theismann

N/A
3. Phil Garner

N/A
4. Al Bumbry

N/A
5. Marty Hogan

N/A

100 YARD DASH

1. Charles White

10.30
2. Al Bumbry

10.4e
3. Phil Garner

10.8e
4. Lou Brock

10.9e
5. Joe Theismann

11.7e

GOLF - closest to the pin

1. Joe Theismann

2' 6"
2. Jim Kiick

6' 1"
3. Mike Schmidt

10' 11"
4. Deacon Jones

N/A
5. Gail Goodrich

N/A

ROWING (100 yards)

1. Russ Francis

40.30

39.45
2. Phil Garner

40.85

40.39
3. Marty Hogan

N/A
4. Brad Van Pelt

N/A
5. Jim Kiick

N/A

OBSTACLE COURSE

1. Al Bumbry

24.70

25.3e
2. Charles White

24.70
28.7e
3. Russ Francis

24.73
4. Joe Theismann

24.96
5. Marty Hogan

25.08
6. Phil Garner

29.86
HB
7. Lou Brock
34.74
HB
  
8. Gail Goodrich
38.64
HB
  

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