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Like sports fans, who spend much time enjoying our favorite pastimes. We sat with friends in bars, living rooms, or in sports speaking of teams, players, and highlights. Here are some fun sports facts and trivia bits of sports in general to add to the next conversation.
FOOTBALL
The price of tickets for the first Super Bowl in 1967 ranged from $ 6 to $ 12. Today, they can cost thousands of dollars!
In 1990, San Francisco 49ers became the first team to score 50 points in the Super Bowl. They also were the first team to win five Super Bowl titles.
Deion Sanders played for San Francisco in 1994 and the Dallas Cowboys in 1995. Both teams went to the Super Bowl and both teams were victorious. Before that, Deion Sanders played for the Atlanta Braves went to the MLB and World Series in 1992. It is also the only player in professional sports that have got a touchdown and hit a home run in the same week.
BASEBALL
Cy Young was credited to be the first pitcher in the modern era to throw a game perfect. In fact, the first professional baseball pitcher to do so was Lee Richmond on 12 June 1880 with the Worcester, Massachusetts.
The first black player included Hall of Fame was Jackie Robinson in 1962. The first woman to be elected was Effa Manley in 2006, not as a player but as a team owner / manager.
Ken Griffey Sr. and Ken Griffey Jr. played for the Seattle Mariners. They are the only father and son in the MLB players have beaten back-to-back homers in a game of MLB.
BASKETBALL
The Lakers have made the most appearances in the NBA Finals but have most NBA titles. You have 30 attempts, with 15 victories. The Celtics have the most wins with 17 in 20 appearances.
The lowest scoring game in NBA history was between the Pistons and the Lakers in 1950, 19 to 18 years.
One reason the NBA team New Jersey Nets, was appointed was because it rhymes with other local professional teams, the Mets and Jets.
HOCKEY
With 472 minutes sitting in the penalty box, Dave Schultz, also known as "The Hammer" has the record of minutes most penalty in a season.
Ron Hextall, playing for Philadelphia in 1987, was the first NHL goalie to score a goal during a match.
Fans hockey sports take towels to greet the referees for bad calls and hats to throw onto the ice if a player scores three goals in a game. In Detroit, fans may bring an octopus to throw on the ice, if the Red Wings to win in the playoffs.
Modern Olympic Games
In 1980, United States hockey team beat the USSR in an incredible miracle win. However, this was not the match for the gold medal. They had to go to beat Finland to win gold.
At the beginning of the Olympic Games included a series of unusual sports: Tug-of-war, 100-meter freestyle for sailors, climbing rope, a swimming race with obstacles, a race distance under water, and live pigeon shooting.
Curling is a team sport in the Winter Olympics since 1998. It is played on ice with a polished granite and two brooms.
Women in Sport
-Jackie Joyner-Kersee was the first and only woman to be named "The Sporting News "Man of the Year (1988).
Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500 in 1977. He finished 29.
The first gymnast to score a perfect 10 at the Olympics was Nadia Comaneci (Montreal 1976).
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