In February 1975, the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Minnesota Vikings in a tug of war on Superteams
Gabe Kaplan beat health nut Robert Conrad in a foot race (Battle of the Network Stars).
A Canadian soccer player nobody ever heard of won the World Superstars competition three years in a row, from 1978 to 1980.
What are some other surprising athletic competition results that have been lost in the mists of time?