Sports Flashcards
1
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The Louisville Lip
A
Muhammed Ali
2
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The Sultan of Swat
A
Babe Ruth
3
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The Say Hey Kid
A
Willie Mays
4
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The Duke of Flatbush
A
Duke Snider
5
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The Big Train
A
Walter Johnson
6
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The splendid Splinter
A
Ted Williams
7
Q
The Yankee Clipper
A
Joe DiMaggio
8
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The Georgia Peach
A
Ty Cobb
9
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The Iron Horse
A
Lou Gehrig
10
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The Big O
A
Oscar Robertson
11
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Basketball Inventor
A
Dr. James A. Naismith
12
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Dr. J
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Juilus Erving
13
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Mr. October
A
Reggie Jackson
14
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The Manassa Mauler
A
Jack Dempsey
15
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The Brown Bomber
A
Joe Louis
16
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Crazy Legs
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Elroy Hirsch
17
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The Galloping Ghost
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Harold (Red) Grange
18
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First high schooler to run the mile in under four minutes.
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Jim Ryan
19
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First man to run the mile in under four minutes - 1954.
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Roger Bannister
20
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Brazilian-American soccer player
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Pele
21
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Notre Dame football coach - 1918-31
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Knute Rockne
22
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Indianapolis 500 winner four times
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A.J. Foyt - Jr; Al Unser - Sr. and Rick Mears
23
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Last bare-knuckle heavyweight champion
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John L. Sullivan
24
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Ice Man
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George Gervin
25
Game played with a stone and brooms
Curling
26
Decathlon gold medalist - 1948 - 1952
Bob Matthias
27
Decathlon gold medalist - 1912
Jim Thorpe
28
Middleweight boxing gold medalist - 1976
Michael Spinks
29
Middleweight boxing gold medalist - 1952
Floyd Patterson
30
Light Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1960
Cassius Clay
31
Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1968
George Foreman
32
Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1964
Joe Frazier
33
Player on three Brazil World cup teams
Pele
34
Federation International de Football's championship
World Cup
35
Female Iditirod winner four times
Susan Butcher
36
The house that Ruth built
Yankee Stadium
37
Player banned for Chicago "Black Sox" scandal - 1919
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson - (and seven others)
38
1927 Yankees Lineup
Murderer's Row
39
English racket sport
Squash
40
Amateur boxing association for all ages
Golden Gloves
41
"Highland" game
Caber tossing
42
Mike Tyson's promoter
Don King
43
Italian skier nicknamed La Bomba
Alberto Tomba
44
The Golden Jet
Bobby Hull
45
Rocket
Rod Laver - Maurice Richard - Roger Clemens
46
The Shark
Greg Norman
47
The Wizard of Westwood
John Wooden
48
Where is the College Football hall of fame?
South Bend IN
49
World's longest dog sled race
Iditirod
50
College basketball UCLA coach for 10 championship seasons
John Wooden
51
Home to the Rose Bowl
Pasadena CA
52
Home to the Peach Bowl
Atlanta GA
53
Home to the Orange Bowl
Miami FL
54
Home to the Liberty Bowl
Memphis TN
55
Home to the Fiesta Bowl
Tempe AZ
56
Home to the Cotton Bowl
Dallas TX
57
College Football player to win two Heisman trophies
Archie Griffin
58
College Football team with longest winning streak
Oklahoma (47 games)
59
College Football award for best defenseman
Bronko Nagurski Award
60
Daytona 500 winner seven times
Richard Petty
61
College basketball all-time leading scorer
"Pistol" Pete Maravich
62
Colleges of the first intercollegiate football game
Princeton and Rutgers (1869)
63
College basketball team with longest winning streak
UCLA (88 games)
64
College basketball team with the second most NCAA titles
kentucky
65
College basketball team with the most NCAA titles
UCLA (11)
66
Rules governing pro boxing
Marquis of Queensberry
67
Fighters in the "Rumble in the Jungle" (Kinshasha - Zaire)
Ali and Frazier
68
Fighters in the "Thrilla' in Manila"
Ali and Foreman
69
Cassius Clay defeated him to win the heavyweight title
Sonny Liston
70
Most professional knockouts
Archie Moore (129)
71
Only undefeated heavyweight champion
Rocky Marciano (49-0)
72
Longest reign as heavyweight champion
Joe Louis (11 years)
73
College Football award for best player
Heisman Trophy
74
Tennis: Youngest male Wimbledon champion
Boris Becker (17 years)
75
Where is the skiing hall of fame?
Vail CO
76
Where is the Figure Skating hall of fame?
Colorado Springs CO
77
Where is the Bowling hall of fame?
St. Louis MO
78
Where is the Tennis hall of fame?
Newport RI
79
Where is the major league baseball hall of fame?
Cooperstown NY
80
Where is the pro hockey hall of fame?
Toronto Ontario
81
Where is the Pro Basketball hall of fame?
Springfield MA
82
Where is the Pro Football hall of fame?
Canton OH
83
Tennis: first female to make over 100 Thousand
Billie Jean King (1971)
84
Tennis: #1woman tennis player - 1991-97
Steffie Graf
85
Home to the Sugar Bowl
New Orleans LA
86
Tennis: player with most Wimbledon singles titles
Martina Navratilova (9)
87
Home to the Sun Bowl
El Paso TX
88
Tennis: Youngest female Wimbledon champion
Martina Hingis (15 years)
89
Tennis: Male with most grand slam wins (tied)
Roy Emerson; Pete Sampras (12)
90
Tennis: Female with most grand slam wins
Margaret Court (24)
91
Tennis: first female to win the grand slam
Maureen Connolly
92
All time golf leading money winner
Hale Irwin
93
Youngest Masters winner
Tiger Woods
94
First golfer to win 1 Million
Arnold Palmer (1963)
95
Golfer with most major tournament wins
Jack Nicklaus (18)
96
Golfer with most tournament wins
Sam Snead (81)
97
Decathlon gold medalist 1976
Bruce Jenner
98
Tennis: only player to win Grand Slam twice
Rod Laver
99
Summer Olympics Site - 2000
Sydney Australia
100
Winter Olympics Site - 1968
Grenoble - France
101
Winter Olympics Site - 1964
Innsbruck - Austria
102
Winter Olympics Site - 1960
Squaw Valley - California
103
Winter Olympics Site - 1956
Contina d'Ampezzo - Italy
104
Winter Olympics Site - 1952
Oslo - Norway
105
Winter Olympics Site - 1948
St. Moritz - Switzerland
106
Winter Olympics Site - 1936
Garmish-Partenkirchen - Germany
107
Winter Olympics Site - 1932
Lake Placid - New York
108
Winter Olympics Site - 1928
St. Moritz - Switzerland
109
Decathlon gold medalist - 1960
Rafer Johnson
110
Summer Olympics Site - 2004
Athens - Greece
111
Winter Olympics Site - 1980
Lake Placid - New York
112
Summer Olympics Site - 1996
Atlanta - Georgia
113
Summer Olympics Site - 1992
Barcelona - Spain
114
Summer Olympics Site - 1988
Seoul - South Korea
115
Summer Olympics Site - 1984
Los Angeles - California
116
Summer Olympics Site - 1980
Moscow - USSR
117
Summer Olympics Site - 1976
Montreal - Canada
118
Summer Olympics Site - 1972
Munich - Germany
119
Summer Olympics Site - 1968
Mexico City - Mexico
120
Summer Olympics Site - 1964
Tokyo - Japan
121
Summer Olympics Site - 1960
Rome - Italy
122
Winter Olympics Site - 1924
Chamonix - France
123
American woman who won 3 track golds - 1960
Wilma Rudolph
124
Only man to win the 200 and 400 meter races
Michael Johnson
125
Man who won the olympic marathon twice barefoot
Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia)
126
Man who broke long jump record by two feet - 1968
Bob Beamon
127
"Flying Finn" who won gold in three Olympics
Paavo Nurmi
128
Male swimming star - 1924
Johnny Weissmuller
129
Man who won seven swimming medals - 1972
Mark Spitz
130
Man who won five swimming medals - 1988
Matt Biondi
131
American male speed skater with five gold medals
Eric Heiden
132
American female speed skater with five gold medals
Bonnie Blair
133
She won first Olympic women's marathon
Joan Benoit
134
Winter Olympics Site - 1972
Sapporo - Japan
135
American skiing twin brothers who won gold and silver in the same event - 1984
Phil and Steve Mahre
136
Winter Olympics Site - 1976
Innsbruck - Austria
137
American Sprinter who embarrassed Hitler - 1936
Jesse Owens
138
Native American sprinting star - 1912
Jim Thorpe
139
Modern Olympics founder
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
140
Winter Olympics Site - 2002
Salt Lake City - Utah
141
Winter Olympics Site - 1998
Nagano - Japan
142
Winter Olympics Site - 1994
Lillehammer - Norway
143
Winter Olympics Site - 1992
Albertville - France
144
Winter Olympics Site - 1988
Calgary - Canada
145
Winter Olympics Site - 1984
Sarajevo - Yugoslavia
146
Summer Olympics Site - 1948
London - England
147
American who won back to back decathlon titles
Bob Matthias
148
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1976
Dorothy Hamill
149
Summer Olympics Site - 1956
Melbourne - Australia
150
Male Marathon gold medalist - 1960 - 1964
Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia - ran barefoot)
151
Male Marathon gold medalist - 1972
Frank Shorter
152
Female Marathon gold medalist - 1984
Joan Benoit
153
Male Long Jump gold medalist - 1984 - 88 - 92 - 94
Carl Lewis
154
Male Long Jump gold medalist - 1968
Bob Beamon
155
Female Javelin gold medalist - 1932
Babe Didrikson
156
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1998
Tara Lipinski
157
Female Figure Skating silver medalist - 1994
Nancy Kerrigan
158
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1994
Oksana Baiul (Ukraine)
159
Male Pole Vault gold medalist - 1968
Bob Seagren
160
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1984 - 1988
Katarina Witt (E. Germany)
161
Female Skiing gold medalist - 1998
Picabo Street
162
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1968
Peggy Flemming
163
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1960
Carol Heiss
164
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1956
Tenley Albright
165
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1928 - 1932 - 1936
Sonja Henie (Norway)
166
Male Figure Skating gold medalist - 1984
Scott Hamilton
167
Male Figure Skating gold medalist - 1948 - 1952
Dick Button
168
Greco-Roman wrestling gold medalist - 2000
Rulon Gardner
169
Discus gold medalist 1956 - 60 - 64 - 68.
Al Oerter
170
Decathlon gold medalist - 1996
Dan O'Brien
171
Years Olympics were cancelled due to war
1916 - 1940 - 1944
172
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1992
Kristi Yamaguchi
173
Male swimming gold medalist - 1972 (7 gold)
Mark Spitz
174
Decathlon gold medalist - 1968
Bill Toomey
175
Summer Olympics Site - 1936
Berlin - Germany
176
Summer Olympics Site - 1932
Los Angeles - California
177
Summer Olympics Site - 1928
Amsterdam - Netherlands
178
Summer Olympics Site - 1924
Paris - France
179
Summer Olympics Site - 1920
Antwerp - Belgium
180
Summer Olympics Site - 1912
Stockholm - Sweden
181
Summer Olympics Site - 1908
London - England
182
Summer Olympics Site - 1904
St. Louis - Missouri
183
Summer Olympics Site - 1900
Paris - France
184
Male Pole Vault gold medalist - 1952 - 1956
Bob Richards
185
Male swimming gold medalist - 1988 (5 gold)
Matt Biondi
186
Summer Olympics Site - 1952
Helskinki - Finland
187
Male swimming gold medalist - 1968 (2 gold)
Mark Spitz
188
Male swimming gold medalist - 1932
Buster Crabbe
189
Male swimming gold medalist - 1924 - 1928
Johnny Weissmuller
190
Male swimming gold medalist - 1912
Duke Kahanamoku
191
Female swimming gold medalist - 1924
Gertrude Ederle
192
Male Speed Skating gold medalist - 1980 (5 gold)
Eric Heiden
193
Female Speed Skating gold medalist - 1988 - 1992 - 1994 (5 gold)
Bonnie Blair
194
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1992
Tommy Moe
195
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1984
Phil Mahre
196
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1968 (3 gold)
Jean-Claude Killy (France)
197
Summer Olympics Site - 1896
Athens - Greece
