Sports facts

• Bo Jackson gained 37 yards (on 12 carries) in his first NFL appearance.
• Magic Johnson and Larry Bird competed against each other in 37 NBA games.
• Mark McGwire's 37 home runs in 1987 broke Al Rosen's 37-year-old American League rookie record.
• The first touchdown pass in Super Bowl history was for 37 yards. (Note).
• The Illini basketball team was ranked #1 in the AP poll in 1989 for the first time in 37 years.
• Kansas won the NCAA basketball championship in 1988 for the first time in 37 years.
• The year after Roger Bannister broke the 4-minute mile, 37 other runners did so. (Note).
• 37 is a popular number for major league baseball pitchers. (Note).
• Tiger Woods had a string of 37 consecutive holes without a bogey at the 1997 Masters. (Note).
• "The Jayhawks have held opponents to 37-of-139 from the floor. Kansas has forced 37 turnovers..." (Note).
• 37 major league players lost home runs before a rule was changed in 1920. (Note).
• The winner of the 1996 Ironman Triathon World Championship, Luc Van Lierde of Belgium, was entrant #37.
• The 1998 Nagano Olympics will begin on the 37th day of the year.
• The record for most men's basketball victories in a season is 37. (Note).
• When NY Yankees pitcher David Wells pitched a perfect game against Minnesota, he had retired 37 consecutive batters. (Note).