In Sports
- Babe Ruth had 171 RBIs with the New York Yankees in 1921
- Johnny Bright rushed for a record 171 yards in the Canadian Football League 44th Grey Cup game on November 24, 1956
- France scored a record 171 goals at the 1998 World Cup
- The Utah Stars, a former American Basketball Association team, went 265-171 (.608) from 1970–1975, the best winning percentage of any team that played in the league
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one’s behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“It was so hard to pry this door open, and if I mess up I know the people behind me are going to have it that much harder. Because then there’s living proof. They can sit around and say, “See? It doesn’t work.” I don’t want to be their living proof.”
—Gayle Gardner, U.S. sports reporter. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 87 (June 17, 1991)