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1972 NBA Finals: LA Lakers vs. New York Knicks
In the early 1970s, the New York Knicks and Los Angeles Lakers met in the NBA Finals 3 times in a 4 - season span. They first met in the 1970 Finals, which was won by the Knicks in a memorable 7 game series, highlighted by Willis Reed’s famous emergence onto the court just prior to the start of Game 7. What also made this matchup memorable were the star players on both sides. In addition to Reed, the Knicks of 1970 also had Bill Bradley and Walt Frazier. The Lakers had Wilt Chamberlain, Elgin Baylor, and Jerry West. After a 1 - year hiatus, these two clubs met again in the 1972 Finals. Earl Monroe and Gail Goodrich had now been added to the star-studded Knicks and Lakers, respectively. This time however, the 69-win Lakers, who had won 33 straight games earlier in the season, beat the Knicks 4 games to 1. These teams met again in the 1973 Finals with the Knicks prevailing 4 games to 1.
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Johnny Mize | slugger for the St. Louis Cardinals in the late 1930s and 1940s
Known as both "Big Jawn" and "The Big Cat" he was a smooth fielding first baseman, and a solid hitter. In his early career for the St. Louis Cardinals he hit for high averages, hitting .364 in 1937, .337 in 1938 and won the National League batting title in 1939 with an average of .349.
He then changed his strategy and hit for power leading the National League in HR in 1939 and in 1940 and also leading the league in RBIs in 1940 and 1942.
In 1941, Mize was involved in a lawsuit against Gum Products Inc. The company manufactured a set of baseball cards called Double Play, and he sued because he argued that the company did not have his consent to use his image in the card set.
After he missed three seasons serving in the military from 1943 to 1945, he was traded to the New York Giants, and in 1947 hit 51 Home Runs with 138 RBIs.
Mize spent the last five years of his career with the Yankees, mostly as a part-time player from 1949 – 1953. He was considered a valuable contributor to their winning an unprecedented five consecutive American League Pennants and World Series titles.
Alan Ameche scores winning touchdown as the Colts defeat the Giants in the 1958 NFL Championship game.
Alan Ameche Scores Winning TD - The 1958 NFL Championship Game is still referred to today as ‘The Greatest Game Ever Played.’ It is still the only ever NFL Championship Game to have gone into overtime. The game featured numerous Hall of Famers on both sides, but the hero was Alan Ameche, whose 2nd touchdown of the game, a 1-yard run, gave the Baltimore Colts a 23-17 overtime victory over the New York Giants in Yankee Stadium. The game was watched on television by more than 45 million people across the country, and is widely credited as being one of the key factors in the league’s popularity boom that followed in the years to come.
1965 Indy 500
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Casey Stengel - New York Yankees
Tom Landry - Dallas Cowboys
Don Shula - Colts and Dolphins
George Halas - Chicago Bears
Woody Hayes - Ohio State
Casey Stengel - New York Yankees
Tom Landry - Dallas Cowboys
Don Shula - Colts and Dolphins
George Halas - Chicago Bears
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