In Sports
- Roger Maris hit his 60th home run in Game 159 (vs. the Baltimore Orioles) on September 26, 1961
- NFL quarterback Tommy Kramer threw 159 career touchdowns with the Minnesota Vikings and New Orleans Saints
- Norm Johnson had 159 field goals with the Seattle Seahawks from 1982 to 1990
- In professional darts, 159 is the lowest score a player can achieve with no available checkout.
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“I looked so much like a guy you couldn’t tell if I was a boy or a girl. I had no hair, I wore guys’ clothes, I walked like a guy ... [ellipsis in source] I didn’t do anything right except sports. I was a social dropout, but sports was a way I could be acceptable to other kids and to my family.”
—Karen Logan (b. 1949)
“There be some sports are painful, and their labor
Delight in them sets off. Some kinds of baseness
Are nobly undergone, and most poor matters
Point to rich ends.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)