In Sports
- In international curling competitions, each side is given 73 minutes to complete all of its throws.
- The car number of former NASCAR driver Johnny Beauchamp.
- The best-known car number of retired NASCAR driver Phil Barkdoll.
- In baseball, the single-season home run record set by Barry Bonds in 2001.
- In basketball, the number of games the Philadelphia 76ers lost in the 1972-73 season (9-73), the most losses in NBA history.
- University of Texas football player Jonathan Scott wore #73
- NFL: New England Patriots John Hannah's retired #73
- NFL: New York Jets Joe Klecko's retired #73
- NFL: In the 1940 NFL championship game, the Bears beat the Redskins 73-0, the largest score ever in an NFL game. (The Redskins won their previous regular season game, 7-3). For more details, see Wikipedia article 1940 NFL Championship Game
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Famous quotes containing the word sports:
“Falling in love is the right adventure for those who dislike sports and travel.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“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)