Jumping Jed Hayburner

From The Great Outdoor Fight

Minnesotan and Twenty-Three Skidoos member Jumping Jed Hayburner (b. 1910, d. 1997, Redlake Falls, Minnesota) acquired his nickname during the 1929 Fight when he did a swan dive into the scrum from the top of Tower One in an attempt to deliver a flying elbow to eventual Fight Champion Curt Beck. People still aren't sure how he managed to get onto the Tower after climbing the fence, but the fact remains that he did.

A common joke within Fight historian circles is to call this the Hayburner Bomb Takedown. When asked by an unsuspecting and less knowledgeable individual as to who the move took out of the Fight, they respond "Jumping Jed Hayburner".

[edit] Record

• 1929 - Eliminated on Day 1, 2,082nd man standing.
• 1933 - Eliminated on Day 3, 18th man standing.

Similar to his fellow Skidoo, "Iron" Jack McFee, historians have often speculated that Hayburner may well have been a Champion or at least finished quite highly had he not missed out on so many fights. Unlike McFee, these missed years were not by choice, but were because of his recuperation from the leap.

Historians base this speculation on his amazing performance during the second day of the 1933 fight.

[edit] Quotes

"What was I thinking when I jumped? Well, not much obviously. I do remember thinking 'hey, Curt moved. Dang.' I don't remember much after that really." - Discussing his leap on the fiftieth anniversary of the historic occasion with Bob Raffles in 1979.

"I was sitting there playing cards and happened to look up. All I thought was 'that crazy bastard'." - Rico Petelli's comment upon seeing Hayburner's leap into the history pages; told to Wilton Rowley during 1974.