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?

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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

On this day, September 20 in 1973, Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 to win the famous “Battle of the Sexes” played in front of 30,000 spectators and watched by millions of people on television

rinkydinkydoink · M

@sunsporter1649

How come hardly anyone remembers how ancient Riggs was at the time. By the way, the same elderly Riggs who destroyed the even more successful - but older than King - Margaret Court months before.

beermeplease · M

i still think the "miracle on ice" was a hoax...there's no way in hell in 1980 that a stacked soviet team of pro hockey players should have lost to a bunch of amateurs

rinkydinkydoink · M

@beermeplease

I mean - it DID happen and the Soviets were year-round trained pros for sure. They'd been winning as amateurs for decades. The 1972 Summit Series (the Red Army vs Canadians representing the NHL) was THE hockey competition to remember.

beermeplease · M

@rinkydinkydoink i was 1 in '72....but my dad told me i watched every minute of it while sitting on his lap 🙂

TryingtoLava

GOOOOOOO DODGERS!

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