Interesting Facts About Sport

By Daniel P. George

• Outfielder Bo Jackson: longest home run: 475 feet (158.3 yards) with the Kansas City Royals.

Running back Bo Jackson's longest touchdown run: 92 yards (276 feet) with the Los Angeles Raiders.

• Baseball's shortest player: Atlanta Braves infielder Rafael Belliard: 5 feet 6 inches.

Tallest players: Seattle Mariners pitcher Randy Johnson and New York Mets pitcher Eric Hillman, 6 feet 10 inches.

• Longest NFL field goal: 63 yards, Tom Dempsey, New Orleans Saints, 1970.

Longest high school field goal: 68 yards, Dirk Borgognone, Reno, Nev., 1985.

• The man who invented basketball: Dr. James Naismith, 1891.

Naismith's record as a basketball coach: 53 victories, 55 losses.

• Number of NBA games in which Wilt Chamberlain scored 50 points or more: 118.

Number of NBA games in which Wilt Chamberlain fouled out: 0.

• Smallest major-league ball park: Fenway Park, Boston, Mass., 33,925 seats.

Smallest NFL stadium: Robert F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington, D.C., 55,672 seats.

Smallest NBA arena: Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Ore., 12,888 seats.

• Most appearances in hockey's Stanley Cup playoffs through 1993: 32, by the Montreal Canadiens.

Most Stanley Cup victories: 23, by the Montreal Canadiens.

• Most appearances in the NBA finals: 24, by the Minneapolis-Los Angeles Lakers.

Most NBA championships: 16, by the Boston Celtics.

• Most NBA scoring titles: 7 each by Wilt Chamberlain (1960-66) and Michael Jordan (1987-93).

• Most appearances in the Super Bowl: 7, by the Dallas Cowboys.

Most Super Bowl wins: 4 each by the Dallas Cowboys, Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers.

• Most appearances in the World Series: 33, by the New York Yankees.

Most World Series victories: 22, by the New York Yankees.

• Number of major-league baseball players who have hit four home runs in one game: 12.

Source: Boys' Life