Tuesday Quickie Quiz & Vintage Digits - Ben Simmons, Pete Peeters, Maurice Cheeks, Tony Esposito, Wilt Chamberlain, Norm van Brocklin

QUICKIE QUIZ

>>> Who are the four men who have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame separately as a player and a coach?

(Answer Below)

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VINTAGE DIGITS

>>> SIXERS

Highest career assists/game averages in Sixers/Nationals franchise history (Min.: 100 games):

8.00 . . . Ben Simmons

7.28 . . . Maurice Cheeks

6.86 . . . Andre Miller

6.78 . . . Wilt Chamberlain

6.69 . . . Michael Carter-Williams

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>>> NHL

Only three goalies in single seasons that ended in the 1980s had six or more shutouts:

8 . . . Pete Peeters, Bruins, 1982-83

6 . . . Tony Esposito, Blackhawks, 1979-80

6 . . . Greg Millen, Blues, 1988-89

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>>> EAGLES

Norm van Brocklin, who guided the Eagles to the 1960 NFL Championship at Franklin Field, was a rookie quarterback on the Rams team the Eagles defeated for the 1949 title in Los Angeles.

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>>> NBA

The 2011-12 Charlotte Bobcats lost their last 23 games of the labor-shortened season to finish 7-59 and have a winning percentage (.106) lower than the 1972-73 Sixers (.110, 9-73).

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>>> PHILLY

Friday, March 11, 2016 was the first day ever that the Flyers and Sixers won and three Big 5 teams captured conference tourney games.

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>>> MLB

In 1982, Pirates lefthander Rod Scurry set a still-standing major league record by appearing in each of his team’s first six games of the season.

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QUICKIE QUIZ ANSWER

>>> Who are the four men who have been inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame separately as a player and a coach?

Answer:

> John Wooden

> Bill Sharman

> Tom Heinsohn

> Lenny Wilkens