Posted on Sunday, 6th September 2009 by Mitchell Boggs
There are many obvious sports trivia facts that your typical fan could spit off effortlessly, as if it were as obvious as simple addition. Everyone knows about Wilt Chamberlain’s 100 point game, Rickey Henderson’s 130 stolen bases in a season, Joe DiMaggio’s 56 game hit streak, and other record-breaking feats.
Here are some more that may interest you. They cover all sports, and some of these are simply amazing. There’s no doubt that you’ll be pretty surprised by some of the things that you see.
During a game in 1972 between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the St. Louis Blues, the Penguins scored a total of 5 goals in a period of two minutes and seven seconds, the most ever scored in such a short time.
People admire many baseball players and what they do at the home run derby every All-Star break, but did you know that Babe Ruth once hit 125 home runs in an hour during batting practice? This is over triple anything ever hit in the home run derby. Can you imagine how much that could drain an athlete? That’s over two per minute!
How about this one? Which sport do more people participate in than any other in the world? I bet you’re thinking something like soccer, or basketball, or even running. It’s not any of those. Who would have guessed that it’s fishing?
The summer olympics are the most watched sports event in the world, followed by the World Cup. What comes next? Any guesses? Don’t even try, because you’ll probably never get it. It’s Formula One Racing.
Spring training isn’t called spring training because of the time of year it takes place during. It all has to do with the fact that the 1885 White Sox decided to practice in Hot Springs, Arkansas before the start of the season.
Almost as interesting is the fact that over 41,000 tennis balls are used each summer at the Wimbledon tennis championships. That’s a lot of tennis.
Shaquille O’Neal’s shoe size is a 22. All of his sneakers are specially made for him and his huge feet.
The first hockey puck ever used in a game wasn’t anything like your typical puck today. It was actually a piece of frozen cow manure.
The Olympics in ancient Rome were played by completely nude athletes. No one wore anything at all.
If you enjoyed this, then make sure to visit the trivia section at RootZoo sports community for a lot more of the same interesting stuff.
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