Sports Facts

    Random Sports Facts

    There are 40 Sports Facts!

    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
    46
    A 'face-off' in hockey was originally called a 'puck-off'.
    70
    When pitched, the average Major League baseball rotates 15 times before being hit.
    113
    Longest Marathon Time
    Longest Marathon Time
    At the 1912 Olympics, a marathon runner quit and went home to Japan without telling officials and was considered a missing person in Sweden for 50 years. In 1966, he was invited to complete the marathon. His time: 54 years, 8 months, 6 days, 5 hours, 32 minutes and 20.379 seconds.
    59
    Cheetahs were raced at Romford greyhound stadium in 1937!
    60
    Prior to 1900, prize fights lasted up to 100 rounds.
    36
    Hockey player Jarome Iginla donates $2,000 to the children’s charity Kidsport for every goal he scores. Since 2000 it has added up to more than $700,000.
    12
    There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
    24