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Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 5:45 pm
by noreply66
1962--Australia's Rod Laver wins tennis' Grand Slam only the second man to do so.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:02 am
by noreply66
1963---Navy Qb Roger Stauback leads the Midshipmen to a 9-1 record and a #2 ranking, and wins the Heisman trophy.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 8:33 am
by noreply66
1964--At the Tokyo Games,Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila becomes the first repeat winner of the Olympic marathon.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:45 am
by noreply66
1965--Muhammad Ali retains his heavyweight title with a first-round knockout of Sonny Liston in their rematch in Lewiston, Maine
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:26 am
by noreply66
Jack Nickaus wins his second straight masters and then completes the "career slam" by winning the British Open at Muirfield in Scotland--1966
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 8:14 am
by noreply66
1967
The NFL champion Packers beat the AFL's Chiefs to win the first title game between the two leagues, later known as the Super Bowl
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2008 8:24 am
by noreply66
1968
At the Mexico City Olympics, Bob Beaman long-jumps 29' 2 1/2" obliterating the old mark by 21 3/4".
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 12:33 am
by noreply66
1969
After QB Joe Namath quarantees a victory, his Jets defeat the heavily favored Colts 16/7, giving the AFL its first Super Bowl title.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:42 am
by noreply66
The Boston Celtics had 9 championships in one decade
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:12 am
by noreply66
The 1966/67 76ers won 68 regular season games
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:54 am
by noreply66
Pete Maravich,in 1967/68 scored 9 fifty-point games for LSU, a feat he'll repeat or surpass in each of the next two seasons.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:54 am
by noreply66
During the 1966/67 season Earl Monore scored 1,329 points at Winston-Salem, the most ever for a Division II player.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 8:13 am
by noreply66
In 1965,With Lew Alcindor as a freshman, in a preseason game for the UCLA freshman they beat the defending national champion varsity team by 15 points--75/60.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:54 pm
by noreply66
Wilt Chamberlain scored 4,029 points in 80 games in 1961/62 (for a 50.4 average) the only player to score 4,000 in a single NBA season.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 7:55 pm
by noreply66
Wilt Chamberlain scored 4,029 points in 80 games in 1961/62 (for a 50.4 average) the only player to score 4,000 in a single NBA season.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 5:21 pm
by noreply66
Suleiman Ali Nashnush,of Libya is the tallest player in organized basketball history.--8 feet
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:59 pm
by noreply66
In 1969/70 Pete Maravich averaged 44.5 points per game for LSU the highest average in Division I history.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2008 8:21 am
by noreply66
UCLA won 88 consecutive games from Jan. 30,1971 to Jan. 17,1974 an NCAA record.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2008 8:04 am
by noreply66
The L.A. Lakers won 33 consecutive games from Nov. 5,1971 to Jan. 7,1972 an NBA record.
Re: Just Sports Info
Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 10:31 pm
by noreply66
The 76ers in 1972/73 were (9-73) an alltime low percentage of 11%.