50 Years Ago Today- Chamberlain 100

[alanu]

Bob Beamon's Mexico City long jump, broke the then WR by 2 feet

I was listening to someone talking about Wilt's 100 game performance and since there is no video record and only a partial broadcast record and Wilt himself could not remember, no one knows really what kind of basket he made to score his 100th point, and for that matter who threw him the pass when he scored.

[Cardboard Junkie]

Yep.........Beamon's long jump!!!!! Shocked the world.


Also Larson's perfect world series game.

[alanu]

On ESPN they showed fans entering tonight's 76ers game and they each get a piece of the floor Wilt scored his 100 on.

[steve B]

Eddy Merckx career and especially 1971 and 1974 seasons were amazing.

1971 he won 54% of the bike races he entered, a nearly impossible rate. I'm pretty sure nobody else is even close.

1974 he won the Giro d Italia, tour de suisse and tour de france within an 8 week stretch and later won the world championship as well.

1969 he won the general classification(overall winner) points classification(sprinters) And mountains classification in the same tour de france. Nobody else has.

1972 he set the record for distance in an hour breaking records for 10 and 20 kilometers along the way. The existing records had been done in individual rides. His Hour record stood till 1984 when a succession of riders on aerodynamic bikes began. When the UCI rolled back the degree of aerodynamics allowed in 2000 the record nearly held on, only being beaten by 10 meters. And the record is still less thana kilometer more.

525 professional road victories, plus a handful in cyclocross and 6 day racing.

Steve B

For any NASCAR fans here....

May 5, 1985; "Awesome Bill from Dawsonville", Bill Elliot, rallied from five miles back, two laps down without the aid of a caution flag in the Winston 500 at Talledega to win.

http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-r...985-nascar.htm

[Piratedogcardshows]

I used to be in awe of the 100 point game as well.However,I recently saw a story about the game and wasnt aware of all the fouling the 76'ers did when up by so much to keep getting Wilt the ball.It is a little tainted in my eyes.Now Kobe scored 81 straight up.No fouls he was just on fire.

[dstraate]

Shaun White's last Olympiad in the halfpipe. It was one man doing stuff that nobody could conceive, and a bunch of other boys doing things that he had come up with 4 years ago. It felt much more like an exhibition than an athletic contest.

BTW...Wilt's stats tend to be unmatchable, on the court and off.

[novakjr]

Originally Posted by TheT206Fiend

I used to be in awe of the 100 point game as well.However,I recently saw a story about the game and wasnt aware of all the fouling the 76'ers did when up by so much to keep getting Wilt the ball.It is a little tainted in my eyes.Now Kobe scored 81 straight up.No fouls he was just on fire.

I always felt the same way. While yes, it was impressive, it was also a completely manufactured accomplishment, and in no way indicative of "real" basketball.

[ALR-bishop]

The 100 points was amazing, but to me, just as amazing, was that in that season Wilt not only averaged 50 points and 27 + rebounds a game, he averaged OVER 48 minutes a game....played every minute of every game plus overtime.

Plus, no TV film of the game, no NY sports writers were in attendance, and a crowd of under 5000 saw it

Some have said the iconic picture of him holding the piece of paper with 100 had nothing to do with points

[ChiefBenderForever]

Amazing feat, but Jordan's 63 against the Celtics might possibly be greatest performance ever.