 |
 Mildred
Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias
excelled in basketball, baseball and track before
turning her attention to golf. During
the 1946-1947 season, she won seventeen straight
tournaments, a record which has never been
equaled by anyone (man or woman). She went on to
become the first major money winner on the LPGA
circuit. |
 Dean
Edwards Smith was the head
basketball coach at the University of North
Carolina from 1961 to 1997. During his tenure he
took the Tarheels to a record 32
consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances,
including 13 consecutive Sweet Sixteens, and had
amassed a total of 879 wins, making him second
only to Bobby Knight on the list of all-time
wins. |
 James
Ronald Ryun became the first high
school student ever to break the 4-minute mile in
1964. In 1965 he established a high school and
open mile record that stood until 2001, and also
set a one-mile record for high school runners
that still stands today. |
 Clint Bowyer
started racing motocross at age 5, and racked up
over 200 wins in nine years. He made the move to
four wheels in 2000 and won six championships in
two years. Since moving up to NASCAR in 2004 he
has racked up a total of 15 wins in three series
and has been a contender for a driver
championship every year. |
 David
Earl "Davey" Lopes is best known for his ability to steal
bases. On August 24, 1974, he stole five bases in
one game to tie a National League record set by
Giant Dan McGann on May 27, 1904. On August 9,
1975, he stole his 38th consecutive base to break
a record set by Pirate Max Carey in 1922 (that
record was 31). |
 (Robert)
John Riggins rushed for over 1,000
yards in five seasons, and over 100 yards in 35
games, and was only the second player in NFL
history to rush for over 100 touchdowns. In Super
Bowl XVII, he set a Super Bowl record by rushing
for 166 yards. |
 (Clifford)
Lynn Dickey threw for a total of
6,208 yards while at Kansas State University, a
school record that was not broken for 38 years.
His 19,000+ yards and 56.4 percent completion
average puts him third on the list of all-time
best Packer quarterbacks behind Brett Favre and
Bart Starr. |
 James
Naismith invented basketball in 1891
as a game "that would be interesting, easy
to learn, and easy to play in the winter and by
artificial light." By 1892 it was being
played in college gymnasiums across the United
States. |
 Connie
Mack holds the record for most games
managed by one man, the most wins as a manager,
and the most losses as a manager. As a manager,
he was known for preferring a business suit
instead of a uniform, and for always calling his
players by their given names, never by their
nicknames. |
 Forrest
"Phog" Allen learned how
to play basketball under the game's inventor, Dr.
James Naismith, while a player at the University
of Kansas. He then became a coach at KU, where he
compiled a 590-212 win-loss record, 24 conference
titles, 3 Final Four appearances, and the 1952
NCAA Championship. He was also the driving force
behind basketball becoming an official Olympic
sport in 1936, and was one of the coaches of the
gold medal-winning 1952 U.S. Olympic Basketball
Team. |
