1991 MEN'S FINAL

Kelly Gruber became the first and only baseball player to ever win the Superstars title. Gruber survived a penalty on the tires in the obstacle course to win when Barry Sanders and Gary Anderson surpassed Herschel Walker's time. Gary Anderson tied the basketball record of Barry Sanders with 34 points.

Bal Harbour and Key Biscayne, Florida

Air Date: March 16, 1991

Announcers: Dan Dierdorf, Bob Beattie and Lynn Swann.

PLC. NAME, SPORT

SWIM

WL

KAYAK

BSKT

BIKE

100

OC

TOTAL

MONEY

1. Kelly Gruber, Baseball

10

-

10

7

4

-

0

31

$18,100

2. Herschel Walker, Football

-

7

4

-

7

7

4

29

$12,900

3. Gary Anderson, Football

-

2 1/3

 

10

 

4

10

26 1/3

$7,633

4. Renaldo Nehemiah, 110 Hurdles

7

-

1

2

10

-

2

22

$2,200

5. Merril Hoge, Football

4

-

7

4

2

-

0

17

$1,700

6. Anthony Miller, Football

-

2 1/3

 

 

 

10

 

12 1/3

$1,233

6. Barry Sanders, Football

-

2 1/3

 

1

 

2

7

12 1/3

$1,233

8. Neal Anderson, Football

-

10

 

 

 

1

1

12

$1,200

9. Jim Jensen, Football

2

0

2

-

-

-

-

4

$400

10. Tim Wallach, Baseball

1

-

 

0

1

 

 

2

$200


Kelly Gruber becomes the first baseball player to become Superstars Champion


Gruber easily defeats the rest of the field in the 50 yard swimming race


Neal Anderson of the Chicago Bears uses great leg drive to life 320 pounds and upset Herschel Walker in the weightlifting event.


Kelly Gruber (center) barely defeats Merril Hoge of the Pittsburgh Steelers (bottom) as Herschel Walkers veers off course.


Gary Anderson of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers recorded 34 points in the basketball to tie the Superstars record.


Renaldo Nehemiah fell short of his quest of winning a 5th Superstars title, but he did win the bike race once again.


From left to right, Barry Sanders, Herschel Walker, Anthony Miller and Gary Anderson, in the 100 yard dash as Miller pulls away from the field.


Gary Anderson sped through the tires in the obstacle course to win that event and eliminate Herschel Walker from overall contention.

INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS

SWIMMING (50 Yards) - final

1. Kelly Gruber

26.84

2. Renaldo Nehemiah

30.6e

3. Merril Hoge

31.5e

4. Jim Jensen

32.5e

5. TimWallach

36.4e

WEIGHT LIFTING

1. Neal Anderson

320

2. Herschel Walker

290

3. Gary Anderson

270

3. Anthony Miller

270

3. Barry Sanders

270

5. Jim Jensen

220

KAYAKING

1. Kelly Gruber

N/A

28.22 r

2. Merril Hoge

N/A

28.56

3. Herschel Walker

N/A

29.22

4. Jim Jensen

N/A

5. Renaldo Nehemiah

N/A

BASKETBALL

1. Gary Anderson

34 =r

2. Kelly Gruber

29

3. Merril Hoge

27

4. Renaldo Nehemiah

25

5. Barry Sanders

16

6. Tim Wallach

12

BIKE RACE-qualifying

1. Renaldo Nehemiah

N/A

2. Herschel Walker

N/A

3. Kelly Gruber

N/A

4. Merril Hoge

N/A

5. Tim Wallach

N/A

BIKE RACE-final

1. Renaldo Nehemiah

59.68

2. Herschel Walker

1:00.3e

3. Kelly Gruber

1:01.1e

4. Merril Hoge

1:01.5e

5. Tim Wallach

N/A

100 YARD DASH

1. Anthony Miller

9.41

2. Herschel Walker

9.90

3. Gary Anderson

9.91

4. Barry Sanders

10.07

5. Neal Anderson

dnf

OBSTACLE COURSE

1. Gary Anderson

24.84

24.84

2. Barry Sanders

26.69

26.69

3. Herschel Walker

27.74

27.74

4. Renaldo Nehemiah

28.6e

28.6e

5. Neal Anderson

N/A

N/A

Kelly Gruber

27.56

TR

32.56

Meril Hoge

29.1e

HB

34.1e




e = estimated time

r = Superstars record

N/A = result not available

dnf - did not finish

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