Whta world records are most people impressed by. Heres my list Brian Lara Scoring 501 runs in cricket. Okay I can not stand the sport but anyone with any knowledge of the game will understand the magnitude of this. Johann Hurlinger walking 870 miles on his hands. José Luis Chilavert goalkeeper scoring 49 goals. Tony Dorset 99 yards rush. Kurt waner 414 yrds passing.
Neither of these are especially impressive. Warner throwing for 414 isn't even close to the record. No one really considers the 99-yard single rush a "record" because it's limited by the size of the field. Of American sports, the Joe DiMaggio 56-game baseball hitting streak is probably the pinnacle. In world sports, Mike Powell's 11-year-old 29' 4 1/2' (8.95 meters) long jump record has lasted longer than almost any other WR. Considering that the previous record by Bob Beamon lasted 23 years, it's unlikely that anyone's going to top this for a while still.
Cal Ripken Jr.'s Streak Ted Williams .406 Oscar Robertson Averaging a Triple Double for the Entire Season Wayne Gretzky's 93 or so goals for Edmonton ditto his over 200 pts same season
this one sucks. four hundred yards isn't a big deal, especially when you consider that at least five people have passed for over 500 yards.
Corey Dillon has the single game rushing record, 278 yards vs. Denver. I think Eric Dickerson's 2130 is still the most in a season. Records that won't be broken: Ripken, for too many reasons to type Gretzky's points, unless they get rid of the red line, which I'm dead set against happening. The game will have to drastically change as well. DiMaggio, too many different relief pitchers, and elements of the media will wear potentials down
Dude, I'll give you Oscar Robertson, amazing stat. But Rogers Hornsby hit .424, had 30+ HRs, and 100+RBIs IN THE DEADBALL ERA...
Ok Dude. I don't usually look at records in the dead ball era- too many inconsistencies. So Rogers in the Dead Ball Era and Ted in the Modern era.
Re: Re: Most impressive world records It's a Super Bowl record. Rogers Hornsby's is the modern era record. .485 (Tip O'Neill) is the dead ball record.
Re: Re: Re: Most impressive world records Personally, I don't consider the Dead Ball Era the Modern Era.
True, that's unlikely to be broken. For basketball, the UCLA 88-game winning streak and 38-game NCAA tournament winning streak won't be broken because of the trend toward leaving college early. And Russell's nine straight titles with the Celtics won't be matched in the salary cap era.
Glenn Hall's 500+ straight games in net without even missing a minute. The best goalies in the NHL these days play 65 games at most a season. Also, Bobby Orr's record of +128. Last year, Chris Chelios won it at +42.
I forgot the goalie's name but the record for most consctutive starts in goal in the NHL is over 200 games. It was set in the late 50's/early 60's. Considering that few goalies start more than three or four games in a row these days, I think this record will stand for a long time. Murf
It was Glenn Hall, the record is 502 consecutive full games 551 if you count the playoffs. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/3815/goaltend.htm
Marciano 49-0 retired undefeated as heavyweight champ Rickey Henderson 130 steals in a season and 1370 career Gretzky's hockey records, I'll agree with those The 56-game streak and Ripken's ironman streak don't really impress me that much. I look at those as irrelevant records, something baseball excels at. Also, OJ Simpson's single season rushing record in 12 games is much more impressive than Dickerson's in 16 games. Wilt's bimbo count would be in there, if only there was an official scorekeeper.