What are some interesting things that happened concerning sports or famous athletes in the US during the 1970's?
2007-04-17 10:35:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Just a few I remember:
Mark Spitz winning seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics.
UCLA Bruins basketball team's 88 game winning streak including undefeated seasons in 1971-2 and 1072-3.
Hank Aaron passing Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record.
The death of Roberto Clemente in a plane crash taking aid to Nicaragua.
2007-04-17 10:56:07 · answer #1 · answered by Truth is elusive 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1972 Munich Olympics...Terrorists overtake Olympic Village and kill several members of the Israeli Olympic wrestling team. Mark Spitz wins 7 swimming gold medals.
1976 Montreal Olympics....Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci becomes first gymnast to record a perfect 10 and dominates gymnastics competition scoring several other perfect 10's.
1970-1979...Chicago Cubs go yet another DECADE without winning a World Series....or a division title...or have a record over .500!
2007-04-17 19:38:23 · answer #2 · answered by rgcanes 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋