In Sports
- Final score in the game Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points (with the Philadelphia Warriors on March 2, 1962) was Warriors 169 - New York Knicks 147
- In the 1990s, Emmitt Smith had 136 rushing touchdowns, and 11 receiving, for a total of 147 touchdowns
- The New York Giants baseball team hit 147 home runs in 1949
- Lee May hit 147 home runs in seven seasons with the Cincinnati Reds from 1965 to 1971
- MLB players who had 147 home runs in a career include:
- Leon Durham
- Ruppert Jones
- Gene Woodling
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“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)
“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)