Obscure Sports Trivia Information
Posted on September 3, 2009
Filed Under Tennis
Sports trivia has become the equivalent of everyday knowledge. If you ask a sports fan, he or she may know more than the common person, but everyone knows certain things about the sports world, like Lakers guard Ervin Johnson’s nickname (Magic), George Herman Ruth’s nickname, and many other small facts in the sports world.
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.
Two high schools in North Carolina set the record for the most overtimes in a single game. Playing 13 overtimes, the final score was just 56-54. Makes you wonder how bad they must have been!
In 1972, there was a regional boys’ basketball tournament held in Sweden. The final score of the game? 274 to 0. And 272 of the points were scored by the same kid.
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 longest rally in tennis history occurred between Howard Kinsey and R. Roark. This rally lasted for 78 minutes and spanned 2001 shots. Eventually, the rally ended because Kinsey had to give someone a tennis lesson.
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.
A golfer by the name of Art Wall, Jr. hit 37 holes in one through the span of his career. This is more than any other golfer can claim.
Jack Robinson, a golfer with one arm, amazingly hit two holes in one during a four day period on the same course.
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.
Ari Petrof, from Sweden, set a record by staying in a sauna for longer than anyone ever had before. 5 hours, and 10 minutes. This sauna was 212 degrees. Needless to say, he probably needed a towel.
If you had fun learning about these facts, then make sure to visit the trivia section at RootZoo sports social network for a lot more of the same interesting stuff.
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