Sports Facts

    Random Sports Facts

    There are 40 Sports Facts!

    Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
    46
    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
    Basketball great Wilt Chamberlain never fouled out of a game.
    90
    Three consective strikes in bowling is called a turkey.
    30
    Babe Ruth wore No. 3 because he batted third.
    45
    Tug of War was an Olympic event between 1900 and 1920.
    209
    The household wrench was invented by boxing heavyweight champion Jack Johnson in 1922.
    51
    The fastest red card in football/soccer history was 2 seconds when Lee Todd was sent off for foul language after he exclaimed "f**k me, that was loud" after the starting whistle.
    11