1939

Joe Louis, Heavyweight Champion of the World

Lou Gehrig's sad moment announcing his retirement

Yankees win the World Series

3 years after the '36 Olympics, Jesse Owens is still like "Hey Hitler! frick you!"

Sept 1939, the first televised football game between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellowjackets

Green Bay Packers win the Dairy Bowl over the New York Giants

Vince Lombardi was a first year high school assistant football coach in Jersey after playing at Fordham

TCU wins the '38 football natty with a victory over Carnegie Tech on January 1, 1939 :frogs!:

La Liga not contested due to the Spanish Civil War

Little League Baseball is formed in Pennsylvania

The first ever March Madness is played, and Oregon defeats Ohio State for the basketball natty

Ralph Guldahl wins The Master's

Texas A&M figure skating is formed, to be passed on proudly to future generations

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Posted by viceman

Huntsville, AL

Member since Aug 2016

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Posted on 6/13/21 at 5:11 pm to Harry Rex Vonner

1980 (not an UGA troll)

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January 20 - Super Bowl XIV: the Pittsburgh Steelers (AFC) won 31–19 over the Los Angeles Rams (NFC)
Location: Rose Bowl
Attendance: 103,985
MVP: Terry Bradshaw, QB (Pittsburgh)
Sugar Bowl (1979 season):
The Alabama Crimson Tide won 24–9 over the Arkansas Razorbacks to claim the college football national championship
December 21: The New Orleans Saints became the NFL's first ever 1-15 team

(UGA was champs of the 1980 season but won their NC new year's day in 1981).

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Baseball
September 18 – Outfielder Gary Ward become the sixth Minnesota Twins player to hit for the cycle. The Twins lose 9–8 to the Milwaukee Brewers, wasting Ward's effort. On May 26, 2004 his son, Daryle Ward, will repeat the feat guiding the Pirates' 11–8 victory over the Cardinals. Ward joined his father to become the first father-son combination in major league history to hit for the cycle.
Rollie Fingers breaks Hoyt Wilhelm's major league record of 250 saves
1980 World Series – The Philadelphia Phillies of the National League end 97 years of frustration by defeating the American League champion Kansas City Royals four games to two, for the Phillies' first-ever World Championship.
Japan's Sadaharu Oh retires from the Yomiuri Giants as the all time professional baseball home run king.

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Basketball
NBA Finals

Los Angeles Lakers win four games to two over the Philadelphia 76ers

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Boxing
March 14–22 members of the United States Olympic boxing team died in a plane crash near Warsaw, Poland
June 20- Roberto Durán defeats Sugar Ray Leonard by a 15-round decision to win boxing's WBC world Welterweight title.
August 2- Thomas Hearns defeats José "Pipino" Cuevas by a knockout in round 2 to win boxing's WBA world Welterweight title and Yasutsune Uehara knocks out Samuel Serrano in round six to win the WBA's world Jr. Lightweight title in Detroit
In Cincinnati, Aaron Pryor defeats Antonio Kid Pambele Cervantes by a knockout in round four to win the WBA's world Jr. Welterweight title.
October 2- Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali by a knockout in round eleven to retain boxing's WBC world Heavyweight title, in what would be Ali's last world title bout.
November 25- In The No Más Fight, in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sugar Ray Leonard recovers the WBC's world Welterweight championship with an eight-round technical knockout of Roberto Durán.

Golf
Men's professional

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The Senior PGA Tour (now called Champions Tour) is founded.
Masters Tournament – Seve Ballesteros
U.S. Open – Jack Nicklaus
British Open – Tom Watson
PGA Championship – Jack Nicklaus

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Tennis
April 16 - Arthur Ashe retires from professional tennis
Grand Slam in tennis men's results:
Australian Open – Brian Teacher
French Open – Björn Borg
Wimbledon championships – Björn Borg
US Open – John McEnroe
Grand Slam in tennis women's results:
Australian Open – Hana Mandlíková
French Open – Chris Evert
Wimbledon championships – Evonne Goolagong Cawley
US Open – Chris Evert

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Awards
ABC's Wide World of Sports Athlete of the Year: U.S. Olympic Hockey Team
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year – U.S. Olympic hockey team, Amateur Ice Hockey
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year – Chris Evert, Tennis

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March 31 – death of Jesse Owens, American sprinter who won four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics in 1936

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Posted by BornAndRaised_LA

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Member since Oct 2018

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Posted on 6/13/21 at 5:35 pm to Harry Rex Vonner

2008

Woods still dominant and wins US Open in a playoff
Phelps goes superhuman at the Olympics...and so does Usain Bolt
Fresno St is lowest seed to win CWS
Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals
Florida wins CFB riding Tim Tebow
18-0 Patriots get upset in Super Bowl

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Posted by viceman

Huntsville, AL

Member since Aug 2016

30688 posts

Posted on 6/13/21 at 5:37 pm to BornAndRaised_LA

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Woods still dominant and wins US Open in a playoff
Phelps goes superhuman at the Olympics...and so does Usain Bolt
Fresno St is lowest seed to win CWS
Celtics/Lakers NBA Finals
Florida wins CFB riding Tim Tebow
18-0 Patriots get upset in Super Bowl