Sports Flashcards
The Louisville Lip
Muhammed Ali
The Sultan of Swat
Babe Ruth
The Say Hey Kid
Willie Mays
The Duke of Flatbush
Duke Snider
The Big Train
Walter Johnson
The splendid Splinter
Ted Williams
The Yankee Clipper
Joe DiMaggio
The Georgia Peach
Ty Cobb
The Iron Horse
Lou Gehrig
The Big O
Oscar Robertson
Basketball Inventor
Dr. James A. Naismith
Dr. J
Juilus Erving
Mr. October
Reggie Jackson
The Manassa Mauler
Jack Dempsey
The Brown Bomber
Joe Louis
Crazy Legs
Elroy Hirsch
The Galloping Ghost
Harold (Red) Grange
First high schooler to run the mile in under four minutes.
Jim Ryan
First man to run the mile in under four minutes - 1954.
Roger Bannister
Brazilian-American soccer player
Pele
Notre Dame football coach - 1918-31
Knute Rockne
Indianapolis 500 winner four times
A.J. Foyt - Jr; Al Unser - Sr. and Rick Mears
Last bare-knuckle heavyweight champion
John L. Sullivan
Ice Man
George Gervin
Game played with a stone and brooms
Curling
Decathlon gold medalist - 1948 - 1952
Bob Matthias
Decathlon gold medalist - 1912
Jim Thorpe
Middleweight boxing gold medalist - 1976
Michael Spinks
Middleweight boxing gold medalist - 1952
Floyd Patterson
Light Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1960
Cassius Clay
Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1968
George Foreman
Heavyweight boxing gold medalist - 1964
Joe Frazier
Player on three Brazil World cup teams
Pele
Federation International de Football’s championship
World Cup
Female Iditirod winner four times
Susan Butcher
The house that Ruth built
Yankee Stadium
Player banned for Chicago “Black Sox” scandal - 1919
“Shoeless” Joe Jackson - (and seven others)
1927 Yankees Lineup
Murderer’s Row
English racket sport
Squash
Amateur boxing association for all ages
Golden Gloves
“Highland” game
Caber tossing
Mike Tyson’s promoter
Don King
Italian skier nicknamed La Bomba
Alberto Tomba
The Golden Jet
Bobby Hull
Rocket
Rod Laver - Maurice Richard - Roger Clemens
The Shark
Greg Norman
The Wizard of Westwood
John Wooden
Where is the College Football hall of fame?
South Bend IN
World’s longest dog sled race
Iditirod
College basketball UCLA coach for 10 championship seasons
John Wooden
Home to the Rose Bowl
Pasadena CA
Home to the Peach Bowl
Atlanta GA
Home to the Orange Bowl
Miami FL
Home to the Liberty Bowl
Memphis TN
Home to the Fiesta Bowl
Tempe AZ
Home to the Cotton Bowl
Dallas TX
College Football player to win two Heisman trophies
Archie Griffin
College Football team with longest winning streak
Oklahoma (47 games)
College Football award for best defenseman
Bronko Nagurski Award
Daytona 500 winner seven times
Richard Petty
College basketball all-time leading scorer
“Pistol” Pete Maravich
Colleges of the first intercollegiate football game
Princeton and Rutgers (1869)
College basketball team with longest winning streak
UCLA (88 games)
College basketball team with the second most NCAA titles
kentucky
College basketball team with the most NCAA titles
UCLA (11)
Rules governing pro boxing
Marquis of Queensberry
Fighters in the “Rumble in the Jungle” (Kinshasha - Zaire)
Ali and Frazier
Fighters in the “Thrilla’ in Manila”
Ali and Foreman
Cassius Clay defeated him to win the heavyweight title
Sonny Liston
Most professional knockouts
Archie Moore (129)
Only undefeated heavyweight champion
Rocky Marciano (49-0)
Longest reign as heavyweight champion
Joe Louis (11 years)
College Football award for best player
Heisman Trophy
Tennis: Youngest male Wimbledon champion
Boris Becker (17 years)
Where is the skiing hall of fame?
Vail CO
Where is the Figure Skating hall of fame?
Colorado Springs CO
Where is the Bowling hall of fame?
St. Louis MO
Where is the Tennis hall of fame?
Newport RI
Where is the major league baseball hall of fame?
Cooperstown NY
Where is the pro hockey hall of fame?
Toronto Ontario
Where is the Pro Basketball hall of fame?
Springfield MA
Where is the Pro Football hall of fame?
Canton OH
Tennis: first female to make over 100 Thousand
Billie Jean King (1971)
Tennis: #1woman tennis player - 1991-97
Steffie Graf
Home to the Sugar Bowl
New Orleans LA
Tennis: player with most Wimbledon singles titles
Martina Navratilova (9)
Home to the Sun Bowl
El Paso TX
Tennis: Youngest female Wimbledon champion
Martina Hingis (15 years)
Tennis: Male with most grand slam wins (tied)
Roy Emerson; Pete Sampras (12)
Tennis: Female with most grand slam wins
Margaret Court (24)
Tennis: first female to win the grand slam
Maureen Connolly
All time golf leading money winner
Hale Irwin
Youngest Masters winner
Tiger Woods
First golfer to win 1 Million
Arnold Palmer (1963)
Golfer with most major tournament wins
Jack Nicklaus (18)
Golfer with most tournament wins
Sam Snead (81)
Decathlon gold medalist 1976
Bruce Jenner
Tennis: only player to win Grand Slam twice
Rod Laver
Summer Olympics Site - 2000
Sydney Australia
Winter Olympics Site - 1968
Grenoble - France
Winter Olympics Site - 1964
Innsbruck - Austria
Winter Olympics Site - 1960
Squaw Valley - California
Winter Olympics Site - 1956
Contina d’Ampezzo - Italy
Winter Olympics Site - 1952
Oslo - Norway
Winter Olympics Site - 1948
St. Moritz - Switzerland
Winter Olympics Site - 1936
Garmish-Partenkirchen - Germany
Winter Olympics Site - 1932
Lake Placid - New York
Winter Olympics Site - 1928
St. Moritz - Switzerland
Decathlon gold medalist - 1960
Rafer Johnson
Summer Olympics Site - 2004
Athens - Greece
Winter Olympics Site - 1980
Lake Placid - New York
Summer Olympics Site - 1996
Atlanta - Georgia
Summer Olympics Site - 1992
Barcelona - Spain
Summer Olympics Site - 1988
Seoul - South Korea
Summer Olympics Site - 1984
Los Angeles - California
Summer Olympics Site - 1980
Moscow - USSR
Summer Olympics Site - 1976
Montreal - Canada
Summer Olympics Site - 1972
Munich - Germany
Summer Olympics Site - 1968
Mexico City - Mexico
Summer Olympics Site - 1964
Tokyo - Japan
Summer Olympics Site - 1960
Rome - Italy
Winter Olympics Site - 1924
Chamonix - France
American woman who won 3 track golds - 1960
Wilma Rudolph
Only man to win the 200 and 400 meter races
Michael Johnson
Man who won the olympic marathon twice barefoot
Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia)
Man who broke long jump record by two feet - 1968
Bob Beamon
“Flying Finn” who won gold in three Olympics
Paavo Nurmi
Male swimming star - 1924
Johnny Weissmuller
Man who won seven swimming medals - 1972
Mark Spitz
Man who won five swimming medals - 1988
Matt Biondi
American male speed skater with five gold medals
Eric Heiden
American female speed skater with five gold medals
Bonnie Blair
She won first Olympic women’s marathon
Joan Benoit
Winter Olympics Site - 1972
Sapporo - Japan
American skiing twin brothers who won gold and silver in the same event - 1984
Phil and Steve Mahre
Winter Olympics Site - 1976
Innsbruck - Austria
American Sprinter who embarrassed Hitler - 1936
Jesse Owens
Native American sprinting star - 1912
Jim Thorpe
Modern Olympics founder
Baron Pierre de Coubertin
Winter Olympics Site - 2002
Salt Lake City - Utah
Winter Olympics Site - 1998
Nagano - Japan
Winter Olympics Site - 1994
Lillehammer - Norway
Winter Olympics Site - 1992
Albertville - France
Winter Olympics Site - 1988
Calgary - Canada
Winter Olympics Site - 1984
Sarajevo - Yugoslavia
Summer Olympics Site - 1948
London - England
American who won back to back decathlon titles
Bob Matthias
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1976
Dorothy Hamill
Summer Olympics Site - 1956
Melbourne - Australia
Male Marathon gold medalist - 1960 - 1964
Abebe Bikila (Ethiopia - ran barefoot)
Male Marathon gold medalist - 1972
Frank Shorter
Female Marathon gold medalist - 1984
Joan Benoit
Male Long Jump gold medalist - 1984 - 88 - 92 - 94
Carl Lewis
Male Long Jump gold medalist - 1968
Bob Beamon
Female Javelin gold medalist - 1932
Babe Didrikson
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1998
Tara Lipinski
Female Figure Skating silver medalist - 1994
Nancy Kerrigan
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1994
Oksana Baiul (Ukraine)
Male Pole Vault gold medalist - 1968
Bob Seagren
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1984 - 1988
Katarina Witt (E. Germany)
Female Skiing gold medalist - 1998
Picabo Street
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1968
Peggy Flemming
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1960
Carol Heiss
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1956
Tenley Albright
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1928 - 1932 - 1936
Sonja Henie (Norway)
Male Figure Skating gold medalist - 1984
Scott Hamilton
Male Figure Skating gold medalist - 1948 - 1952
Dick Button
Greco-Roman wrestling gold medalist - 2000
Rulon Gardner
Discus gold medalist 1956 - 60 - 64 - 68.
Al Oerter
Decathlon gold medalist - 1996
Dan O’Brien
Years Olympics were cancelled due to war
1916 - 1940 - 1944
Female Figure Skating gold medalist - 1992
Kristi Yamaguchi
Male swimming gold medalist - 1972 (7 gold)
Mark Spitz
Decathlon gold medalist - 1968
Bill Toomey
Summer Olympics Site - 1936
Berlin - Germany
Summer Olympics Site - 1932
Los Angeles - California
Summer Olympics Site - 1928
Amsterdam - Netherlands
Summer Olympics Site - 1924
Paris - France
Summer Olympics Site - 1920
Antwerp - Belgium
Summer Olympics Site - 1912
Stockholm - Sweden
Summer Olympics Site - 1908
London - England
Summer Olympics Site - 1904
St. Louis - Missouri
Summer Olympics Site - 1900
Paris - France
Male Pole Vault gold medalist - 1952 - 1956
Bob Richards
Male swimming gold medalist - 1988 (5 gold)
Matt Biondi
Summer Olympics Site - 1952
Helskinki - Finland
Male swimming gold medalist - 1968 (2 gold)
Mark Spitz
Male swimming gold medalist - 1932
Buster Crabbe
Male swimming gold medalist - 1924 - 1928
Johnny Weissmuller
Male swimming gold medalist - 1912
Duke Kahanamoku
Female swimming gold medalist - 1924
Gertrude Ederle
Male Speed Skating gold medalist - 1980 (5 gold)
Eric Heiden
Female Speed Skating gold medalist - 1988 - 1992 - 1994 (5 gold)
Bonnie Blair
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1992
Tommy Moe
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1984
Phil Mahre
Male Skiing gold medalist - 1968 (3 gold)
Jean-Claude Killy (France)
Summer Olympics Site - 1896
Athens - Greece