New sports trivia

[K Douglas]

What well known Canadian sports broadcaster assisted in the actual digging of Harold Ballard's grave?

2nd guess - Dave Hodge

 

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2nd guess - Dave Hodge

Although Hodge probably would have liked to, it wasn't him.

 

[Sugarsweet905]

What well known Canadian sports broadcaster assisted in the actual digging of Harold Ballard's grave?

Since King Clancy was a friend of both I will throw out Don Cherry.

 

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Since King Clancy was a friend of both I will throw out Don Cherry.

Don's days of manual lablour were finished by then. It wasn't him.

 

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What well known Canadian sports broadcaster assisted in the actual digging of Harold Ballard's grave?

Thanks to all of you who submitted guesses, all of them great.

ANSWER: Jeff Marek. Before he got into sports broadcasting Marek was a part time labourer at Park Lawn cemetery(I think he was 20 years old at the time). One of his first duties was to assist in the actual digging of Ballard's grave.

This is a great interview with Marek by the Athletic. Reading about his childhood broke my heart.
https://theathletic.com/596071/2018...ixing-sports-with-politics-and-a-creepy-doll/

 

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Miami's Jimmy Butler scored 56 points last night against Milwaukee, tying him for 4th on the list of most points in a playoff game in NBA history. Name the three players ahead of him.

Answered correctly by sugarsweet905.

 

[Sugarsweet905]

Miami's Jimmy Butler scored 56 points last night against Milwaukee, tying him for 4th on the list of most points in a playoff game in NBA history. Name the three players ahead of him.

Jordan
Mitchell
Elgin Baylor

 

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Jordan
Mitchell
Elgin Baylor

Correct:

Michael Jordan had 63 in 1986.
Elgin Baylor had 61 in 1962.
Donovan Mitchell had 57 in 2020.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who was the only Montreal Expos' pitcher to win 20 games in a season?

Ross Grimsley.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which Scottish peer, (7th Marquess of Bute), was a Formula One driver, and winner of the 24 Hours of LeMans, in the 1980's?

Johnny Dumfries.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which current member of the Baseball Hall of Fame was available in the 1968 American League expansion draft, but not selected by either the Royals or the Pilots?

Jim Palmer.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which Hockey Hall of Fame member, and former Toronto Maple Leaf, played for the Vancouver Canucks of the Western Hockey League in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's, and the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA in the 1974-75 season?

Andy Bathgate.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which slugging first baseman was MVP of the International League three times during the 1950;s, playing for the Montreal Royals and Toronto Maple Leafs? He won the triple crown in two of his MVP seasons.

Rocky Nelson.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which two Baseball Hall of Fame members were selected in expansion drafts, (1968 AL and 1992 NL)?

1968: Hoyt Wilhelm.
1992: Trevor Hoffman.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which Formula One driver won the final Grand Prix of his F1 career?

Jim Clark.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who played for both the Seattle Pilots and the Seattle Mariners in their first MLB seasons, and lead the AL in ERA once in between those two seasons, (1969 and 1977)?

Diego Segui.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Which Canadian baseball pitcher set a major league record on August 6, 1968, when he struck out six consecutive batters to start a game?

John Hiller.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who is he?

Jim "Catfish" Hunter.

 

[onomatopoeia]

Who is he?

Anthony Davis.

Answered correctly by unassuming.

 

[onomatopoeia]

What's his name?

Detlef Schrempf.