Can you match these classic sports moments to the correct decade?

Do you remember these upsets, rivalries and record-setters?

Images, left to right: Associated Press, Mitsunori Chigita / AP Photo / AP Photo

For sports fans, any game or match can be an event, but sometimes athletic achievements are so momentous that they crossover into wider popular culture. These occasions are often given catchy names like the "Thrilla in Manila" or the "Miracle on Ice."

Here are twelve moments and accomplishments from the world of sports that were celebrated across the country and even the world. See if you can place each one in the right decade.

  1. The very first super bowl was held in which decade?
    Image: Associated Press
  2. The boxing match known as the “Thrilla in Manila” happened in the…
    Image: Associated Press / Mitsunori Chigita
  3. The "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey game when the United States beat the Soviet Union happened in which decade?
    Image: Associated Press
  4. The famous "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match between Bobby Riggs and Billie Jean King happened in which decade?
    Image: Associated Press
  5. The first baseball game broadcast on television nationwide featured Bobby Thomson's famous "Shot Heard 'Round the World" winning home run and happened in the…
    Image: Associated Press
  6. Mickey Mantle achieved the baseball "Triple Crown" with the highest batting average, most home runs and more runs batted in than any other player for the season in what decade?
    Image: Associated Press / John Lindsay
  7. Swimmer Mark Spitz won seven gold medals at the summer Olympics in which decade?
    Image: Associated Press
  8. Oscar "Big O" Robertson became the first (and only for more than 50 years) player in the NBA to achieve a "triple double" average for an entire season – that is, double digit stats in three different categories. He set this record in the…
    Image: Associated Press / Hans Van Nolde
  9. Gymnast Mary Lou Retton became the first American woman to win the all-around gold medal at the Olympics in which decade?
    Image: Associated Press / Suzanne Vlamis
  10. Boxer Rocky Marciano held the world heavyweight title for four consecutive years in which decade?
    Image: Associated Press
  11. In which decade did Jack Nicklaus win his record 18th major golf championship?
    Image: Associated Press
  12. Runner Wilma Rudolph was the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympics in which decade?
    Image: Associated Press

Can you match these classic sports moments to the correct decade?

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55 Comments

DJS3 44 months ago
9/12

Number 3 I remember like it was yesterday.

By the way, the answer to the question of which decade Mike Tyson took on Jaws is this decade. 🥊🦈
fixesjets1 44 months ago
9 / 12 the baseball ones got me.
JewelsChuck 44 months ago
6/12 They are correct when they said that it crosses over in your mind.
Runeshaper 44 months ago
You got 8 out of 12 - every one was a guess LOL Lots of GREAT athletes mentioned here.
KellyShort 44 months ago
You got 10 out of 12
Not a sports fan
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pidge 44 months ago
*2020 MLB season. And may not even finish. Teehee!
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francolaguna1 44 months ago
12/12... Never really into sports; just into ATHLETES. 😉
BZCITY 44 months ago
20/12 Bronze medal for me!
CouchPotato987 44 months ago
I only missed the Wilma Rudolph question. I thought she won the Olympics in the 1950’s.
frenchman71 44 months ago
I was 9/12. I missed Mickey, Oscar and Jack Nicklaus. I forgot Nicklaus won the Masters @ 43 in the 80's...quite an accomplishment. And Mickey's body stated falling apart in the 60's.
UTZAAKE 44 months ago
12/12. 2EZ.
2. All three title bouts between those two boxers happened in the same decade.
8. That season's league-wide scoring average per game is still the highest in history and will probably be for a very long time. Same campaign as the only time an individual ballplayer scored 100 in a single game.
11. Did his best impression of the Cleveland Cavaliers' original logo when he sank the record-clinching putt.
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