74 (number) - in Sports

In Sports

Moto GP

  • Daijiro Kato, former Moto GP rider who died during a crash in 2003 at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan, wore number 74. During the following race, most of his colleagues wore the number on their leathers to honor their friend. Kato's teammate, Sete Gibernau has kept on using the number.

Horse racing

  • Seventy-four, race horse who finished second in the 1839 Grand National.

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