Sports Flashcards
Summer Olympics Site - 1936
Berlin - Germany
Summer Olympics Site - 1912
Stockholm - Sweden
Winter Olympics Site - 2002
Salt Lake City - Utah
Light Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1960
Cassius Clay
The Iron Horse
Lou Gehrig
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1976
Dorothy Hamill
Female Iditirod winner four times
Susan Butcher
Notre Dame football coach - 1918-31
Knute Rockne
Decathlon gold medalist - 1996
Dan O’Brien
American male speed skater with five gold medals
Eric Heiden
Where is the skiing hall of fame?
Vail CO
Winter Olympics Site - 1984
Sarajevo - Yugoslavia
College Football player to win two Heisman trophies
Archie Griffin
The splendid Splinter
Ted Williams
Home to the Cotton Bowl
Dallas TX
Where is the College Football hall of fame?
South Bend IN
Summer Olympics Site - 1996
Atlanta - Georgia
Tennis: Male with most grand slam wins (tied)
Roy Emerson; Pete Sampras (12)
Only undefeated heavyweight champion
Rocky Marciano (49-0)
Summer Olympics Site - 2000
Sydney Australia
American female speed skater with five gold medals
Bonnie Blair
Summer Olympics Site - 1908
London - England
Home to the Liberty Bowl
Memphis TN
“Flying Finn” who won gold in three Olympics
Paavo Nurmi
The house that Ruth built
Yankee Stadium
Native American sprinting star - 1912
Jim Thorpe
Summer Olympics Site - 1952
Helskinki - Finland
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1998
Tara Lipinski
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1960
Carol Heiss
Tennis: player with most Wimbledon singles titles
Martina Navratilova (9)
Male Figure Skating gold medalist - 1948 - 1952
Dick Button
Last bare-knuckle heavyweight champion
John L. Sullivan
Home to the Rose Bowl
Pasadena CA
Home to the Sun Bowl
El Paso TX
Summer Olympics Site - 1984
Los Angeles - California
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1968 (3 gold)
Jean-Claude Killy (France)
Female swimming gold medalist - 1924
Gertrude Ederle
Summer Olympics Site - 1976
Montreal - Canada
Female Figure Skating silver medalist - 1994
Nancy Kerrigan
Winter Olympics Site - 1998
Nagano - Japan
Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1968
George Foreman
Decathlon gold medalist - 1968
Bill Toomey
Where is the Pro Basketball hall of fame?
Springfield MA
Daytona 500 winner seven times
Richard Petty
The Sultan of Swat
Babe Ruth
Man who won seven swimming medals - 1972
Mark Spitz
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1928 - 1932 - 1936
Sonja Henie (Norway)
Only man to win the 200 and 400 meter races
Michael Johnson
Man who won the olympic marathon twice barefoot
Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia)
Male swimming gold medalist - 1932
Buster Crabbe
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1994
Oksana Baiul (Ukraine)
Winter Olympics Site - 1960
Squaw Valley - California
“Highland” game
Caber tossing
World’s longest dog sled race
Iditirod
Game played with a stone and brooms
Curling
All time golf leading money winner
Hale Irwin
College basketball team with longest winning streak
UCLA (88 games)
Male swimming gold medalist - 1912
Duke Kahanamoku
Tennis: Female with most grand slam wins
Margaret Court (24)
Male Long Jump gold medalist - 1984 - 88 - 92 - 94
Carl Lewis
College basketball team with the most NCAA titles
UCLA (11)
Summer Olympics Site - 1964
Tokyo - Japan
Where is the major league baseball hall of fame?
Cooperstown NY
Winter Olympics Site - 1928
St. Moritz - Switzerland
Player on three Brazil World cup teams
Pele
Golfer with most major tournament wins
Jack Nicklaus (18)
Player banned for Chicago “Black Sox” scandal - 1919
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson - (and seven others)
American woman who won 3 track golds - 1960
Wilma Rudolph
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1956
Tenley Albright
Middleweight boxing gold medalist - 1976
Michael Spinks
The Big O
Oscar Robertson
Decathlon gold medalist - 1960
Rafer Johnson
Summer Olympics Site - 1928
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Winter Olympics Site - 1956
Contina d’Ampezzo - Italy
Male swimming gold medalist - 1968 (2 gold)
Mark Spitz
Summer Olympics Site - 1924
Paris - France
Indianapolis 500 winner four times
A.J. Foyt - Jr; Al Unser - Sr. and Rick Mears
Tennis: Youngest female Wimbledon champion
Martina Hingis (15 years)