Obscure sports trivia

Nope

 

I am flabbergasted that Kirk Gibson never played in an All-Star Game.

 

Williams miss out because of the wars?

 

No steals in '46 or '47. He only had 24 steals for his career

 

The third guy is Frank Robinson

 

He was, IIRC, named to two games, but opted not to play. Probably spent the three days in a duck blind.

 

That was a heck of a good piece of trivia. So many guys were close, but missed because they had cups of coffee to start their career.

 

That face mask screams “punch me in the face.”

 

Who were the two members of the 1958-59 UCLA Bruins basketball team who lettered in other sports?

* Rafer Johnson, Track & Field. Johnson won the decathlon in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome
* Billy Kilmer, Football. Kilmer played 17 years in the NFL, mostly as QB, for the 49ers, Saints, and Redskins. He also fumbled the ball that Jim Marshall of the Vikings returned the wrong way for a 49er safety.

Source: Wooden: A Coach's Life by Seth Davis, p. 163 (paperback).

 

As I recall, he used to shift and adjust it before he punted. I remember thinking having a movable face bar could not have been legal equipment in the league.

 

Jose Canseco became baseball's first 40-40 player when he did it in 1988. However, another player technically accomplished the feat much earlier, but had an early-season home run erased by a rainout and finished just short. Who was that player?

Also, who was the first 30-30 player in MLB history?

 

This is interesting. I know Bobby Bonds was the “King” of 30-30 players so I want to say he was first, but i would be really shocked if it was him since he was a 70s player.

As for 39-40 guy, if it’s not bonds and really much earlier...Rogers Hornsby?