{"id":225880,"date":"2026-04-10T05:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225880\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T05:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T05:04:12","slug":"bob-hayes-track-dedicated-at-matthew-gilbert-free-press-of-jacksonville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/225880\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Hayes Track Dedicated at Matthew Gilbert \u2013 Free Press of Jacksonville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bob-Hayes-track-Matthew-gilbert-678x381.jpeg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bob Hayes track Matthew gilbert\"\/><br \/>\nShown are supporters and family members on the Field during the dedication.<\/p>\n<p>Duval County Public Schools invited the community to a special afternoon celebration as they officially dedicated the\u00a0\u201cBullet\u201d Bob Hayes Track &amp; Field\u00a0at\u00a0Matthew Gilbert Middle School. The ceremony honored the enduring legacy of\u00a0\u201cBullet\u201d Bob Hayes, who graduated from the school in 1960 and cemented his place in history as the only athlete to earn both an\u00a0Olympic gold medal\u00a0and a\u00a0Super Bowl ring.<\/p>\n<p>Following the ribbon-cutting ceremony, guests gathered for a short formal program that included remarks from family members, community partners, volunteers, coaches, and members of the\u00a0Bob Hayes Invitational Track Meet Committee. Speakers reflected on Hayes\u2019 remarkable journey, the pride he brought to his hometown, and the inspiration he continues to provide to young athletes across Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p>The dedication served not only as a tribute to Hayes\u2019 historic accomplishments, but also as a celebration of the community\u2019s ongoing commitment to honoring one of its most iconic local legends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shown are supporters and family members on the Field during the dedication. Duval County Public Schools invited the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":225881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-225880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=225880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/225881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=225880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=225880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=225880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}