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

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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.