1981 MEN'S PRELIMINARY 4

Russ Francis, the tight end of the New England Patriots qualified for the Superstars final in an effort to improve on his second place finish of 1980. Francis won the preliminary with a record win in the 50 yard swim of 23.91 seconds and another win in rowing. Francis finished with 30 1/3 points and $13,033. Defending champion Charles White of the Cleveland Browns finished seventh and failed to qualify for the final despite a win in the bike race. White struggled due to the fact that the half mile run was not contested in this preliminary. Each preliminary round this year has consisted of only seven events. White won the half mile run the previous year in both the football preliminary and the Superstars final. Wilbert Montgomery of the Philadelphia Eagles and Billy Sims of the Detroit Lions, both running backs, finished second and third to also qualify for the final. Montogmery won the bowling and the 100 yard dash, Sims won the weight lifting and the obstacle course. Fourth and fifth place finishers, Ted Hendricks of the Los Angeles Raiders and Vince Ferragamo of the Los Angeles Rams also qualified for the final as two of the top three finishers from the first preliminary, skiier Andre Arnold and ice hockey's Ron Duguay were unavailable for the Superstars final.

Key Biscayne, Florida

Competition Dates: February 13-15, 1981

Air Date: February 15, 1981

Announcers: Frank Gifford, Don Meredith.


PLC. NAME, SPORT

SWIM

WL

ROW

BOWL

100

BIKE

OC

TOTAL

MONEY

1. Russ Francis, Football
10
4 1/3
10
4
-
-
2
30 1/3
$13,033
2. Wilbert Montgomery, Football
-
1/2
10
10
7
27 1/2
$7,750
3. Billy Sims, Football
-
10
4
1
10
25
$5,000
4. Ted Hendricks, Football
4
4 1/3
2
7
17 1/3
$1,733
5. Vince Ferragamo, Football
7
4
1
4
16
$1,600
6. Nolan Cromwell, Football
-
7
2
2
4
15
$1,500
7. Charles White, Football
-
1/2
1
10
11 1/2
$1,150
8. Hugh Green, Football
-
4 1/3
7
11 1/3
$1,133
9. John Jefferson, Football
2
1
7
1
11
$1,100
10. Drew Pearson, Football
-
2
2
$200
11. Harold Carmichael, Football
-
0
$0

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS

SWIMMING - (50 yards)

1. Russ Francis

23.91 r
2. Vince Ferragamo

N/A
3. Ted Hendricks

N/A
4. John Jefferson

N/A

WEIGHT LIFTING

1. Billy Sims

280
2. Russ Francis

270
2. Hugh Green

270
2. Ted Hendricks

270
5. Wilbert Montgomery

N/A
5. Charles White
N/A

ROWING

1. Russ Francis

N/A
N/A
2. Nolan Cromwell

N/A
N/A
3. Vince Ferragamo

N/A
4. Ted Hendricks
N/A
5. John Jefferson
N/A

BOWLING

1. Wilbert Montgomery

N/A
2. Ted Hendricks

N/A
3. Russ Francis

N/A
4. Drew Pearson

N/A
5. Vince Ferragamo

N/A

100 YARD DASH

1. Wilbert Montgomery

N/A
2. John Jefferson

N/A
3. Billy Sims

10.30
4. Nolan Cromwell

N/A
5. Charles White

N/A

BIKE RACE - Half Mile

1. Charles White

N/A
2. Hugh Green

N/A
3. Vince Ferragamo

N/A
4. Nolan Cromwell

N/A
5. Billy Sims

N/A

OBSTACLE COURSE

1. Billy Sims

25.11

N/A
2. Wilbert Montgomery

N/A
N/A
3. Nolan Cromwell

N/A
4. Russ Francis

31.92
HB
5. John Jefferson
N/A
  

 

e = estimated time

r = Superstars record

N/A = result not available

dnf - did not finish

nm - no mark

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