Prayers for Johnny Lam Jones

[Hornius Emeritus 12,419]

Just saw this message from former Horn Vance Bedford. Keep Lam Jones in your prayers:

Lam Jones In 1994, was inducted into the Texas Athletics Hall of Honor. He is considered to be one of the greatest athletes in school history
Before enrolling at the University of Texas,he qualified for the 4 × 100 metres relay, becoming the youngest athlete from Texas to earn a berth on the U.S. Olympic track and field team. In the 1976 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal running the second leg of the 4x100

2005, Jones was diagnosed with myeloma cancer that affects bone marrow in the legs. His cancer has returned and the end is near. Lift him up with prayer.


 

[DCA_HORN 725]

Once a horn, always a horn.

[VoteforHank 117]

I remember watching him on the field as a WR, and at the Texas Relays when I was an undergrad. Lam could fly. Prayers. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12,419]

Second leg:
 

 

[NowThis 931]

i hope the Horns honor his memory and # with a helmet sticker. 

[SHOOTER12 8,789]

5 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

Second leg:
 

 

That was a thing of beauty.

Johnny Lam Jones was one of my favorite players from back in the day. Breaks my heart to hear this and as always hookem brother. Thoughts and prayers always...

[Cuernavaca 254]

Fucking IOC took the video down.

Hook Em Lam!!!

[Hagbard Celine 10,762]

fuck the IOC

Lam on the run.

[NeverMarryAStripper 21,781]

I was already feeling down tonight, now I feel like I lost a part of my college days. Prayers for him and his family.

[LTtxfan 48,977]

Johnny "Lam" Jones..... from Lampasas Texas 🤘 

Wore #26...... Same as Keaontay Ingram

Edited March 14, 2019 by LTtxfan

[Hornius Emeritus 12,419]

53 minutes ago, Cuernavaca said:

Fucking IOC took the video down.

Hook Em Lam!!!

It is still there. You just have to watch it on youtube.  

[realgreggym 832]

G-d Bless.

[mininghorn88 2,263]

Prayers and Horns Up for Mr. Jones.

[Tex Pete 20,179]

Praying for Lam. I’m friends with one of his relay teammates from his famed HS state championship 4x100 relay. Have asked to hear the story a hundred times. Lam is a legend. 

[pacman 7,329]

May he have comfort and be surrounded by love.

 

 

[TexMexBuddha 987]

2 hours ago, LTtxfan said:

Johnny "Lam" Jones..... from Lampasas Texas 🤘 

Wore #26...... Same as Keaontay Ingram

I was one of those in the knothole section going crazy AF. He was a fun guy to watch.

[Bullneck 18,987]

7 hours ago, Cuernavaca said:

Fucking IOC took the video down.

Hook Em Lam!!!

Yeah. And to think I used to like the IOC.  

 

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This video contains content from International Olympic Committee, who has blocked it from display on this website or application.
Watch on YouTube

 

OK, so it watched it on YouTube.  Can you imagine trying to tackle any of that?

Edited March 14, 2019 by Bullneck

[Bullneck 18,987]

4 hours ago, pacman said:

May he have comfort and be surrounded by love.

 

 

Amen

[GRHorn 105]

9 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

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Before my time, but Hook ‘Em

Were we underdogs that year? Or were the lane selections just random?  You wouldn’t want to be on inside lane. 

[Huckleberry 32,701]

The USA had the fastest time in both the preliminary heats and the semifinal heats, so definitely not underdogs.

[smwhorn 481]

Jam, Ham and Lam.  

Positive thoughts to the Lam family.

[gecko 1,104]

CSB....

I was an RA at Jester in 1978....Johnny Lam dropped by the 2nd floor office to meet one of the other RAs and he had the Montreal gold medal to tow.  Great guy...passed it around the group for us to hold.

[gecko 1,104]

Hold up....showing my age...to correct the record, it was Fall 1977, I wasn't an RA (yet).  No sure why I was in the 2nd floor office.

[runthebone 7,932]

Best wishes to him and his family. 

[bmbmd 1,027]

11 hours ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

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Tear shed. 

[Sock Drawer 214]

Maybe it was just the camera angle, but when Lam took the baton he just seemed to explode past folks. Jesus, he could fly. T&P, man, T&P.

[Armybrat 40,741]

Good thoughts for him and his family. 

A great Horn. 🤘

[mininghorn88 2,263]

On 3/13/2019 at 10:44 PM, Hornius Emeritus said:

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So fast.  Jones' leg looks effortless.  Like he wasn't even trying.  Have watched many times and continue to be impressed.

[mdmost 42,865]

RIP

 

[Tex Pete 20,179]

Sad. RIP. 

[Leanderman 2,267]

Terrible loss. He was a human highlight reel.

[Mitch Hedberg 2,090]

One of my favorite Horns growing up. That period in mid 70s as an 8 -10 year old made me a Horn forever.  RIP.

[RomaVicta 29,789]

On 3/13/2019 at 11:29 PM, LTtxfan said:

Johnny "Lam" Jones..... from Lampasas Texas 🤘 

Wore #26...... Same as Keaontay Ingram

I was about to say it's the wrong way, but then remembered that I was there, across from the press box. Jones preferred to play running back. His freshman year, I recall he'd take a pitch out of the veer in his early games and defenders disastrously miscalculated their cut-off angles due to Lam's speed. 

We were all young and immortal then. Autumn sunshine and Longhorn football. Earl and Lam and me.

So very sad that time passes. Even sadder that it passes too quickly and likely painfully for the lightning bolt from Lampasas. I believe he donated his gold medal to the Special Olympics. A generous gift that may have also indicated the young man's dislike of the spotlight.

Johnny Lam Jones, I hope all goes as well as it possibly can for you.

Edited March 15, 2019 by RomaVicta

[hpslugga 4,044]

Some time ago after EA went through their O'Bannon suit, I started fucking around with NCAA 2014 and converted all the elite schools into their respective all-time teams. JLJ is one of my 4 starting WR's along with Roy Williams, Mike Adams, and Eric Metcalf. 

Really hated hearing that it resurfaced and only hope he was as comforted as possible. Fuck you cancer; you are a diseased whore.

[Wally Pryor 5,244]

Jones spent his last days at the Round Rock Scott & White Hospital. He will be buried in the Texas State Cemetery, a close friend said, after the late Darrell Royal became a strong advocate for him being laid to rest there.

https://www.hookem.com/2019/03/15/former-texas-star-olympian-johnny-lam-jones-passes-away-cancer-battle/

[LTtxfan 48,977]

Hook'em JLJ....🤘

[MirrOlure 14,625]

On 3/13/2019 at 11:29 PM, LTtxfan said:

Johnny "Lam" Jones..... from Lampasas Texas 🤘 

Wore #26...... Same as Keaontay Ingram

Little known, and unbelievable fact.....we went 22 years without another Kickoff Return TD after Lam Jones in '78.....Victor Ike broke the streak in the 2000 Holiday Bowl.  

[LTtxfan 48,977]

Tribute on Texassports.....

https://texassports.com/news/2019/3/15/texas-athletics-remembers-johnny-lam-jones.aspx

[Bevo 13,527]

2 hours ago, mdmost said:

RIP

 

Prayers. Interesting to some, thalidomide is a great therapy for multiple myeloma.

[realgreggym 832]

Rest in Peace Lam. 

[GotThatFire 166]

Wow.  My mom had a dog for a long time that just passed away from bone cancer last Friday.  The day she brought it home it ran around her house doing zoomies or whatever you call it. Fast, fast dog. She named it Lam Lam, after one of her favorite players. 

[msbesq 385]

RIP. He was a lot of fun to watch when I was in school at the same time.

[jimmyjazz 45,558]

Damn he was fast.  Just before my time.  Hook'em and Godspeed, Johnny.

[jimmyjazz 45,558]

A great fact about his speed:  how many 4x4 relay anchors could go from last to first in the TEXAS state finals?  Holy smokes.

 

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Jones is perhaps best known for his performance as the anchor leg on the 4x400-meter relay at the 1976 UIL Texas state track meet, when he took the baton in last place and passed everyone on a dramatic final lap.

JLJ passed away

[torre 1,284]

The below vid is an additional story of the '76 UIL Track Meet mentioned above.    It contains limited,  grainy footage of the actual race.

A True Longhorn Legend - RIP, Lam.

 

 

[Patrick Bateman 3,903]

RIP to a Texas legend.  Thoughts to his family and friends.  Only really know the stories and footage, but my Dad loved that guy.

 

[Armybrat 40,741]

RIP to a Texas legend.

[ImissWallyPryor 9,045]

2 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

A great fact about his speed:  how many 4x4 relay anchors could go from last to first in the TEXAS state finals?  Holy smokes.

 

JLJ passed away

There was probably no anchors who weren’t  sub-50 seconds, and at least a couple of them were probably sub-48. 

[SKA the boss 729]

Fuck cancer.

RIP Johnny. Thanks for everything.

[Steel Shank 9,415]

True legend.

(It was the 4x440 relay/mile relay back then. I know the video above shows a "1600 m relay", but Texas didn't use meters in '76.)