100 Random Sports Facts.

1. The Buffalo Bills haven’t made the playoffs since 1999, when Bill Clinton was President.

2. Ray Caldwell pitched a complete game after being struck by lightning. He was struck in the middle of the ninth inning and “shook it off”.

3. There have been 373 sets of brothers who have played in the NFL and 217 sets of fathers and sons.

4. In 1975, Junko Tabei from Japan became the first woman to reach the top of Everest.

5. The average golf ball has 336 dimples, although they can range between 300 to 500.

6. Shaquille O'Neal missed 5,317 free throws during his NBA career. The foul line was not his greatest talent.

7. There are just 18 minutes of complete activity during a ball game. That means the average MLB game is 90% standing around.

8. Live pigeon shooting was an Olympic sport. In the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris, hundreds of pigeons were released in front of competitors. For obvious reasons, this was the first and last time it was included in the Olympics.

9. The two golf balls that Alan Shephard hit on the moon with a six-iron are still there.

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10. The Bears, Browns, Giants, Lions, Packers and Steelers are the six NFL franchises without cheerleaders.

11. The Philippines has competed in the most summer Olympics without winning a single gold medal.

12. Russell Erxleben is the highest drafted kicker in NFL history. The New Orleans Saints drafted him 11th overall. He kicked just four field goals before moving to punter.

13. Babe Ruth only won four World Series in 15 seasons with the New York Yankees. Yogi Berra, however, won 10 in 18 seasons, then three more as a coach.

14. The fastest knock out in professional boxing history happened in 10.5 seconds.

15. The Stanley Cup has been through many hands since 1893. Each player on the winning team gets 24-hours with the trophy. Through the years, it has been used as a flower pot, a cereal bowl and an ice cream sundae bowl. It was accidentally left by the side of the road, been to a strip club and tossed into a swimming pool. It was even lost on a 2010 flight from New Jersey to Vancouver. It was later recuperated by an Air Canada worker.

16. Princess Ann, the daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, did not have to undergo gender verification at the 1976 Olympics due to “Royal Courtesy”. She rode the Queen’s horse, Goodwill.

17. NFL referees receive Super Bowl rings.

18. John Isner and Nicholas Mahut played 183 games over 3 days at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships, which beats the previous record of 112 games.

19. When William G. Morgan came up with Volleyball in 1895, he tried to use a basketball, but found it too heavy. He pulled out the basketball’s inflatable rubber inside and played with that until a custom ball was created by A.G. Spalding.

20. The Cubs didn't play any night games at home prior to 1988, when lights were installed at the field.

21. Olympic gold awards are really made generally of silver. The 1912 Olympic Games were the last to include medals made of solid gold.

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22. The quickest slapshot on record is Bobby Hull's, which enlisted 118 miles for each hour.

23. Before the Bulldog became Georgia’s now famous mascot, their first unofficial mascot was a goat.

24. Jerry Rice and Brett Favre are the only non-kickers to play in more than 300 games in the NFL.

25. Sammy Sosa has three of the eight 60-home run seasons in baseball history.

26. The longest recorded point in tennis history occurred in a 1984 women’s tennis match. It lasted 29 minutes with the ball crossing the net 643 times.

27. Until 1920, pitchers in Major League Baseball were allowed to grease the ball up with as much saliva as they saw fit. When it was outlawed, those “grandfathered in” could continue until they retired.

28. Steve Young is the only left-handed quarterback in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

29. The phrase winning something “hands down” refers to a jockey who won a race without whipping his horse or pulling the reins.

30. Missouri is credited with establishing the tradition of Homecoming in the United States in 1911, which was then adopted by most colleges and high schools across the country.

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31. On MLB’s Opening Day in 1907, the New York Giants hosted the Philadelphia Phillies. New York was hit with a snowstorm that left the stadium filled with snow. When the Giants fell behind by the sixth inning, Giants fans were so unhappy that they started throwing snowballs at the field. The umpires swiftly called the game and a forfeit was called in the Phillies’ favor.

32. In order to take allow pitchers to get a better grip, Major League Baseball wipes down each baseball with mud. They have been doing as such for more than 75 years.

33. The New England Patriots are the only franchise to have scored three touchdowns in less than one minute.

34. Tony Cloninger, a pitcher playing for the Braves in 1966, became the first play in National League history to hit two grand slams in one game.

35. China did not win an Olympic medal until 1984. At the 2008 Beijing games, the Chinese won 100 awards. Apparently, they finally got the hang of it.

36. There have been three Olympic Games in countries that no longer exist.

37. There are only two out of 365 days of the year with no professional sports games (MLB, NBA, NHL, or NFL).

38. Only 9 goalies have scored a combined 11 goals in the history of the NHL.

39. The New York Yankees were not the original team to introduce pinstripes to Major League Baseball uniforms. In 1911, both the New York Giants and Philadelphia Phillies sported pinstripes on uniforms for the very first time.

Baseball Stadium

40. Penn State’s official colors were originally black and pink, but the baseball team's uniforms faded to dark blue and white, so the school changed the colors to the blue and white that we know today.

41. The Cleveland Browns are the only team to neither host nor play in a Super Bowl.

42. The 1992 San Diego Chargers are the only one 0-4 team that has ever made the NFL playoffs.

43. Only one city, Detroit, has won three major sports championships in the same year. In 1935, the Lions won the Super Bowl, the Tigers won the World Series and the Red Wings took the Stanley Cup.

44. Mickey Mantle was originally a shortstop, but after making over a hundred mistakes in his last two seasons in the minor league, he was moved to the outfield.

45. The average life span of an MLB baseball is five to seven pitches.

46. The 12th tiebreaker for a division championship in the NFL is a coin flip.

47. Unlike gold Olympic medals, the UFC belt really is made of gold.

48. Gerard Gordeau's 30-second knockout of Telia Tuli at UFC 1 was the first fight in UFC history. A kick from Gordeau sent one of Tuli's teeth flying into the crowd and two more embedded into Gordeau’s foot.

49. The average height of elite female gymnasts has dropped from 5-foot-3 to 4-foot-9 in the last 30 years.

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50. Dana White never had a professional boxing fight. As of May 2017, his Net Worth was $500 million.

51. Joe Gibbs is the only coach to win the Super Bowl with three different quarterbacks.

52. The beginnings of “mixed martial arts” can be traced back to the ancient Greeks. Invented as a war technique, but also played as an Olympic sport, pankration was a combination of wrestling and boxing. Anything was permitted except biting, eye gouging or attacking the genitals.

53. Because they both lost so many players to WWII military service, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles combined to become the “Steagles” during the 1943 season.

54. Identified by the name “soccer” in the U.S. and “football” elsewhere, the sport’s original name is actually “basket-ball.” When the game was first created, the first goals were overturned wicker baskets.

55. During his career, Babe Ruth was not so great as a pinch-hitter, his record just 13 hits in 67 at-bats.

56. The earliest documented wrestling match took place in the Eighth century B.C. at the ancient Olympic Games.

57. The commissioner made the controversial decision to play games two days after John F. Kennedy’s assassination, after guidance from JFK’s press secretary. He said Robert F. Kennedy disclosed to him his sibling would have needed the games to go on. None of the games aired due to the constant coverage post-assassination. Just after the first games kicked off, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot in the parking garage of the Dallas police headquarters while JFK’s casket was led through the streets of Washington. Rozelle would call playing those games his biggest regret and his successor, Paul Tagliabue did not make the same mistake after 9/11.

58. Royce Gracie still holds the record for most submission wins in the UFC with 11.

59. Soccer was played by prisoners at London’s Newgate Prison in the early 1800s. Subsequent to having their hands cut off for their wrongdoings, detainees concocted the game utilizing just their feet.

Basketball NBA Stadium

60. In 1996-1997, the Phoenix Suns had a 10-game winning and losing streak in the same season. They lost the first 13 games, but made it to the playoffs with 10 wins once Jason Kidd recovered from his injury.

61. The Rock won the shortest match in Wrestle Mania history. It lasted six seconds.

62. Charles Barkley was cut from the basketball team freshman and sophomore year of high school.

63. Contrary to belief, soccer balls are not actually round. They have a marginally oval shape, however the checkered example makes the deception that it is round.

64. With a viewership of over 33 million, Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant’s 1988 rematch at The Main Event is currently the most watched wrestling match ever in North American history.

65. There are 32 panels on a traditional soccer ball, one for each country in Europe.

66. In 1841, 9-pin bowling was illegal in Connecticut because it was considered a source of gambling. 10-pin bowling was created to get around the law.

67. The national sport of Canada is soccer, not hockey.

68. “Knickerbockers” in New York is the first indoor bowling alley, built in 1840.

69. In 1965, the average minimum salary in Major League Baseball was just $6,000. This low wage forced many players to work other jobs during the offseason. The minimum salary for the 2017 season is $535,000.

70. The largest loss in any season opener, regardless of location, is 46 points. It happened in 1987 when the Clippers lost to Nuggets.

Ancient Greek Apollo god

71. In Ancient Greek culture, the god, Apollo, was viewed as the designer and watchman of the game of boxing.

72. Archie Moore holds the record for most knockouts during a career with 131. He is the only fighter to have faced both Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano.

73. King Edward III allegedly outlawed bowling in 1366, so that his troops would stay focused on practicing archery.

74. Greenland is unable to join FIFA because not enough grass grows there for a soccer field. Due to challenging weather conditions, soccer can only be played four months out of the year.

75. Studies show that bare-knuckle fighting may be safer than boxing with gloves. In 100 years of uncovered knuckle battling in the United States, there was certifiably not a solitary ring casualty. Today, there are three or four a year.

76. The longest winning street in MMA history was between January 1996 and May 2000, Igor Vovchanchyn won 32 consecutive fights.

77. There have been games played on every day of the week in the modern NFL. The Tuesday game was due to a Pennsylvania blizzard. The Wednesday game was pulled up fromThursday night season opener so it wouldn’t overlap with John McCain’s speech at the Republican convention. The Friday games were due to Christmas or New Year’s.

78. The richest American racehorse of all time is California Chrome. His career earnings total $14,502,650 as of 2017, topping the all-time list for the U.S. and North America.

79. The game of rugby is said to have been invented at Rugby School in 1823, when William Webb Ellis caught the ball and ran with it in a soccer game.

80. At more than 300 revolutions per minute, figure skaters experience as much RPM as astronauts in centrifuge training.

Rugby Player

81. The whistle used for the opening match at every Rugby World Cup is the one used by Welsh referee Gil Evans for an England-New Zealand match in 1905.

82. Theodore Roosevelt did more than fight for American conservation. He wrestled, boxed and rehearsed judo the vast majority of his life. He was the main American to acquire his earthy colored belt.

83. In 1983, during a game between the New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Yankees right fielder Dave Winfield was warming up when he threw a ball that struck and killed a seagull. Police authorities in Toronto captured Winfield and accused him of mercilessness to creatures.

84. Kobe Bryant wasn’t a Top-10 pick. He was 13th.

85. Twelve horses have won racing’s Triple Crown.

86. Secretariat, the Triple Crown winning horse of 1973, was such a star that he was the only non-human on ESPN’s 100 Greatest Athletes of the Twentieth Century.

87. Dale Earnhardt died in an accident on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001. There has not been a death in NASCAR's top series since then.

Auto racing NASCAR car

88. Richard Petty has the most wins in NASCAR history. His 200 wins make up eight percent of all NASCAR wins.

89. Lacrosse is referred to as the fastest sport on two feet.

90. The best American skaters were on route to a competition in Prague in 1961 when their plane crashed, killing everyone on board. The opposition was counteracted of regard for the carries on with lost.

91. Watch your fingers! Male skaters weighing 150 pounds or more can arrive on the ice following a hop with unprecedented power: in excess of 1000 lbs. of pressure.

92. In 2003, the World Record for the most spins a figure skater has completed on one foot without stopping is 115.

93. The initially recorded downhill skiing race was held in Sweden, in 1879. High skiing as a game made its Winter Olympic presentation in the year 1936.

94. Ancient carvings discovered by archeologists in Norway suggest the locals started skiing many thousands of years ago, with one rock drawing thought to date from 4,500BC.

95. The current world record for the quickest skier is held by Simone Origone of Italy at a mind blowing 156.2 miles 60 minutes!

96. According to many competitive skiers, the course at Kitzbühel in Tyrol, Austria is the most challenging slope in the world.

97. The fastest recorded speed a person has ever gone on a bike is 167.043 miles per hour.

98. In the early 1900s, 6-day long bicycle races were popular. The champ would be whoever rode the best separation in the 6-days. As you can imagine, they would get extremely little sleep and often hallucinate on the track

99. The Tour de France is one of the most famous bicycle races in the world. Since its establishment in 1903, it is considered to be the biggest test of endurance out of all sports. The race includes 21 stages and covers 3,540 kilometers.

Cycling in woods

100. In 2012, The International Cycling Union announced that no one would be declared the winner of the Tour de France from 1999- 2005, after Armstrong was stripped of his titles.

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