Year
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Hint
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Answer
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1970
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Team that became the first team from the Netherlands to win the European Cup
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Feyenoord
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Tennis player that wins a Calendar-year Grand Slam winning all 4 events in singles, also wins her 20th singles Major.
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Margaret Court
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The inaugural season-ending ATP tournament is held. Name either the winner or the runner-up
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Stan Smith / Rod Laver
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1971
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Speed Skater sets 2 World Records, the first sub 2-minutes 1500m and the first 15-minutes 10,000m.
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Ard Schenk
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The first AFC and NFC Championship games are held. Name either of the champions
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Baltimore Colts / Dallas Cowboys
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Boxing fight billed 'Fight of the Century' sees Muhammad Ali dealt his first career loss by which boxer?
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Joe Frazier
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First man during the Open Era to win a Grand Slam tournament without dropping a set
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Ken Rosewall
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1972
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LA Lakers winning streak is ended by the Milwaukee Bucks, how many games was the streak?
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33
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Wilt Chamberlain becomes the first player in NBA history to reach how many career points
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30,000
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Name one of the 2 Gymnasts that won 3 Gold Medals during the 1972 Olympics
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Olga Korbut / Sawao Kato
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Lasse Virén wins the 10,000m in a world record to complete double Gold of 5,000m & 10,000m. Which country did he represent?
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Finland
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Australina Swimmer who wins 3 Gold Medals in World Record times at the age of 15
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Shane Gould
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Olympian who sets a then-record of 7 Gold Medals at a single Olympics
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Mark Spitz
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Wolfgang Nordwig becomes the first non-American to win the Pole Vault gold, representing which country?
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East Germany
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World Records are set in the Pentathlon and the Decathlon, name either of the world record setting athletes
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Mary Peters / Mykola Avilov
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The inaugural season-ending WTA tournament is held. Name either the winner or the runner-up
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Chris Evert / Kerry Melville
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1973
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An international Rugby Championship ends up with how many teams ending up in a tie?
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5
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European country that beats India to win their first (field) Hockey World Cup
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Netherlands
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1973
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Tennis player (from Answer 2) wins her last (and record-setting) singles Grand Slam title. How many singles Grand Slam titles did she win?
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24
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First NFL running back to rush for 2,000 yards in a single season
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O. J. Simpson
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1974
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Belgian bicycle racer who wins his record-tying 5th Tour de France
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Eddy Merckx
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Baseball right fielder who overtakes Babe Ruth's record en route to a new record of 755 Home Runs in the MLB
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Hank Aaron
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'The Rumble in the Jungle' sees Muhammad Ali use his rope-a-dope tactic to beat which opponent?
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George Foreman
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Footballer that wins back-to-back and 3rd overall Ballon d'Or
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Johan Cruyff
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1975
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Muhammad Ali beats the boxer in Answer 6 in the 'Thrilla in ______'
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Manila
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First Tennis player to win a 4th season-ending ATP Championship
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Ilie Năstase
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1976
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First Gymnast to get a Perfect 10 in the Olympics
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Nadia Comăneci
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Dimitrion Yordanidis completes a marathon in 7 hours and 33 minutes, how old was he?
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98
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1977
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Pete Maravich sets a record for points by a guard in a single NBA game, how many points did he score?
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68
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First driver to win the Indianapolis (Indy) 500 for a 4th time
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A. J. Foyt
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Australian Tennis player who wins her 4th Australian Open title
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Evonne Goolagong
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1978
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Ice Hockey player who had 6 consecutive 100-point seasons (1970-1975) scores his last goal
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Bobby Orr
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Tennis player who wins 4 consecutive US Open titles
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Chris Evert
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1979
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The Montreal Canadiens wins 4th consecutive Stanley Cup. Name any of the teams they beat in the final from 1976-1979.
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Philadelphia Flyers / Boston Bruins / New York Rangers
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This 16-year old Tennis player wins the US Open Championship
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Tracy Austin
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