1985 | Rare in Sports!

Rare in Sports

1 – Thousands of points!
Of course, a basketball player with a long sports career scores thousands of points. But what is the record of scoring?
So exactly how many points did the record holder manage to score?

This record in the 1980s (more precisely until 1985) reached 33,262 points, which specialists call it fantastic.

This rare basketball record belongs to the famous player Lu Alcindor, also known as Kareem Abdul Jabar, who achieved this result in 1985 at the age of 38. He also achieved the other record of games played in NBA championships of 1249 such.

Jabar is 2.20 cm tall and weighed 115 kg.

He was among the rare basketball players of that time who scored most of his points in the “hook-shots”, thus becoming almost unmarked.

Jabar’s career spans more than 20 years as a basketball player, setting another longevity record in this sport. He plays with glasses, not because he doesn’t see well, but as he himself has said, it’s the only way he can protect his eyes from the fingers of other players and opponents.

2 – 1985 edition of Ultramarathon,
Westfield-Sidney-Melbourne.

The classic marathon race, the one with a distance of 42.195 km, has been known since ancient times, but…
An original marathon race was held in Australia from 1981 – 1992, called the super marathon or Ultramarathon.
The route covered a distance of 960 km, from Westfield-Sidney-Melbourne. The winner of the race in 1985, was Yannis Kouros, who was only allowed to waste time for lunch, covered the distance in 5 days and 5 hours.

The race also gave a second result, out of the 28 participants, more than half left it unfinished.
So, it goes!

3 – 243 km/h | Land-Speed Record Bicycle

At the dry bottom of the Bonneville Salt Lake, in the American city of Wendover, John Howard, in fact a 3-time Olympic cycling champion in the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics, achieved an incredible world record.

In 1985, the 37-year-old reached a fantastic speed of 243 km/h on his bicycle, which was a new world record for means of transport propelled solely by human muscle power.

The record until then was held by Allen Abbott with 222 km/h, achieved in 1973. Howard achieved the world record on his seventh attempt. He was pulled up to a speed of 96 km/h by a racing car, and then he “heavy-eyed” the pedals in an excellent way.

Before that, on the fifth attempt, he almost suffered. Having reached a speed of 241 km/h, the rear tire immediately let out air. The bike lurched left and right, and Howard almost fell out of the “saddle”.

So, a broken valve was replaced, and he got back on the “horse”. And so, the seventh attempt also brought the result.

Howard told reporters that he had enjoyed fast cycling since childhood and that he had a desire to become a world record holder. He read at the time that the world record was held by a Frenchman at 168 km/h.

4 – As early as 8 years old
At what age can a footballer register with a team?
Without a doubt, the case of West German footballer Carl H. Rrummenigge is one of the most special, among the rarest.

As early as the age of 8, he was registered as a footballer for the «Borussia» team in Lipstadt, of course with the children’s team.
The first match of this 8-year-old was against the children’s team <<Teutonia» which ended 13:0 and the 8-year-old Rrummenigge scored 6 goals!

5 – 100 goals scored

In the 1984-1985 season championships in various European countries, there was one team that reached the rare figure of 100 goals scored.

This was the Belgian champion «Anderlecht», which had a goal difference of 100:25.

Next to its figures were the Dutch champion «Ajax» with a goal difference of 93:46, then the GDR «Dynamo» Berlin with the figures 90:28, the English champion «Everton» 88:43, and the West German champion «Werder» Bremen with 87:51.

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New York: April 11, 2025
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