Granddad Tony's Sports Crossword

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  1. 2. Opposition for Wycombe Wanderers' first home league game at Adams Park
  2. 4. Marco _______. Winner of the 1998 Tour de France and Giro d'Italia, from Cesenatico
  3. 6. Kumar __________. Along with Chris Gayle, this Sri Lankan has scored the most (25) ODI hundreds in the 21st Century.
  4. 8. Wayne __________. Northern Irish boxer, Commonwealth Flyweight Gold medal in Auckland. Danny Boy was sung unaccompanied by a Kiwi official at the medal ceremony
  5. 10. Leading test wicket taker of the 1980s (323)
  6. 13. South African wing who became a St Helens club legend after switching codes from Northern Transvaal (392 tries in 408 games). ___ van Vollenhoven
  7. 17. The only player to win the Champions League with 3 different clubs
  8. 18. Playing from 1924-35, this batsman holds the best career test average (60.43) of any Englishman
  9. 21. Current head coach and former captain of the Australia Rugby League team. ___ Meninga
  10. 24. Men's Javelin World Record Holder since May 1996. ___ Zelezny
  11. 25. Irish snooker player who was part of the all Irish 1985/6/7 World Cup winning team with Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor. ______ Hughes
  12. 26. Peter _________. National Hunt rider who shared 5 Champion Jockey titles with Johnny Francombe in the 1980s
  13. 27. 6'7 Defensive End who won Super Bowl V with the Baltimore Colts in 1971, before going onto play Moses Hightower in Police Academy
  14. 28. Youngest player to score 10,000 NBA points
  15. 29. Widely regarded as the greatest squash player of all time, winning 6 World Open and 10 British Opens. ________ Khan
  16. 32. Known as "The Clownprince" of the Harlem Globetrotters. __________ Lemon
  17. 34. Gary _______. South African batsman (1993-2004) who scored centuries against all 9 test match opponents
  18. 36. Charlie _______. Rugby Union's all time Premiership record points scorer with 2,625 points
  19. 37. Sri Lankan left arm seamer Vaas' initials
  20. 38. Peter ______. The first manager to name David Beckham as England captain
  21. 42. David ______. Global leading day/night test run scorer, with 596 runs (Aussie)
  22. 43. NHL team who sold their franchise in 1996, then returned to NHL in 2011 when the Atlanta Thrashers relocated.
  23. 45. M.V. _______. With 555, the wicketheeper that holds the all time record for Test Dismissals (1997-2012)
  24. 53. Traditionally, flights on darts are made from the feathers of this bird
  25. 54. Kevin ________. Former Leeds Rhinos captain - All-time Super League record points scorer (3443 points)
  26. 58. J.H. ______. All-rounder, 3rd most career test runs, 3rd most career test catches 37th most career test wickets
  27. 61. Leighton ____. Welshman who won the inaurural BDO World Darts Championship in 1978
  28. 62. Running back with over 600 NFL games as well as over 100 major league games for 4 MLB teams between 1985 and 2005. _____ Sanders
  29. 63. Won All-Star MVP, NBA MVP and NBA Playoffs MVP in 2000. _________ O'Neal
  30. 65. Steve ______. Played in the Conference, League Two, League One, Championship, Premier League, UEFA Cup, Champions League and the World Cup.
  31. 67. D.J. ________ Glamorgan bowler whose 2,218 first class wickets (1950-72) are the most of any player never to play test cricket
  32. 68. Rugby Club, Blackheath FC's home ground from 1883 to 2016 before finally moving to Well Hall. _______ Field
  33. 69. The first Brit to win Men's Olympic Long Jump Gold in Mexico City 1968
  34. 70. Terry ________. This player beat Dennis Taylor 24-16 in the 1979 World Snooker Championship Final
  35. 72. Basketball player who scored 100 points for Philadelphia Warriors vs New York Knicks in 1962. ____ Chamberlain
  36. 74. Jimmy _______. Scored the winning goal in Spurs 1-0 FA Cup Final win over Wolves in 1920-1
  37. 75. Duncan _______. 1980 gold medallist in the 100m Men's Breaststroke
  38. 76. Derbyshire darts player who made the first televised 9 dart finish, and won the BDO World Championship in the 70s, 80s and 90s
  39. 78. In 1992, this man became the youngest tennis player to reach all 4 grandslam finals. ___ Courier
  40. 80. Club Jurgen Klopp began his managerial career with. '1. FSV ______ 05'
  41. 81. South African snooker player, nephew of Silvino. Banned for 5 years in 1995 due to betting irregularities. _____ Francisco
  42. 82. Full back replaced by sub Tony Brothers in Wycombe Wanderers' 3-1 FA Cup 1st round victory over Newport County in 1973-4. ___ Williams
  43. 84. Mario _______. NHL Hall of Famer who with Pittsburgh Penguins made 100+ point seasons 10 times over despite his career being interrupted with cancer
  44. 86. Ken ________. This Australian tennis player was nicknamed 'Muscles'
  45. 87. 'Mr Hockey' played as a right winger in 5 separate decades - from 1946 to 1980, holding the record for most (1,767) NHL games
  46. 90. Christian name of the record try scorer (26) in Six Nations history
  47. 92. Record World Cup Finals appearance maker
  48. 93. Matthew _______. Welshman who has twice lost 18-16 in World Championship Finals
  49. 96. ______ Park. Wycombe Wanderers home ground from 1895 to 1990
  50. 98. Wood that dartboards are made from
  51. 99. Christian name of the driver whom is 5th on the alltime Formula 1 race wins list, the only non-European in the top 10
  52. 100. C.A. _____. West Indian with the most number of single figure scores (99) in global Test cricket history
  53. 101. Jockey with the record for the most flat race wins in a season (247 wins in 1947). ______ Richards
  54. 102. 'The Great One' - the best scorer in the history of the game
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  1. 1. Doug ________. Welshman who was the 1981 beaten finalist (18-12) in Steve Davis' first World Championship win
  2. 3. Greg ________. US diver who won double gold at 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games, famed for hitting his head on the 3m springboard in Seoul
  3. 5. Brother of Peter and Don Fox, this record points-scoring, left footed goal kicking centre spent most of his career at Wakefield Trinity
  4. 7. With 365 goals who is the Bundesliga's all time top goalscorer. ____ Muller
  5. 9. Home of San Francisco 49ers from 1971 to 2013. ___________ Park
  6. 11. Head coach of Pittsburgh Steelers who in the 1970s became the first coach to win 4 superbowls
  7. 12. A.C. ______. Australian former Middlesex batsman who played 20 tests between 2015 and 2016 at an average of 61.87 (3rd best ever)
  8. 14. Olympic track and field event introduced for women in Atlanta 1996, 100 years after the men's event began
  9. 15. Walter ______. Jackson State running back who went onto score 125 touchdowns for the Chicago Bears between 1975 and 1987
  10. 16. Host nation for the 2023 Rugby Union World Cup
  11. 17. Venue for the PDC World Championships, 1994 to 2007
  12. 19. Indian bowler (1998-2011) who has taken Rick Ponting's wicket more than any other in test cricket (13 times). _________ Singh
  13. 20. Venue for 1997's Ryder Cup
  14. 22. The only male tennis player in history to have won 6 consecutive Grand Slam singles titles
  15. 23. Roy ______. Born in Hartlepool, this Cambridge Blue (football and cricket) went on to play football for Hitchin Town and Enfield
  16. 30. Paul ______. Hitchin Town winger who made his debut in 1968 and retired in 1986-7
  17. 31. Annual 9-ball pool tournament contested between teams representing Europe and the United States. _______ Cup
  18. 33. Rugby Union's record international appearance maker, with 152 (including 9 appearances for the British & Irish Lions)
  19. 35. The first Englishman to win the US Open after WWII. ____ Jacklin
  20. 39. U.S. racecourse in Louisville, the venue for the Kentucky Derby. _________ Downs
  21. 40. All-time women's long jump and heptathlete great, winning 3 olympic golds and 4 world golds across both events. ______ Joyner-Kersee
  22. 41. Voted FA non-league team of the year 1978-9
  23. 44. Achieved the first ever televised 147 break at the 1982 Lada Classic in Oldham
  24. 46. 1958-9 season - Spurs 10 Everton 4. Who scored a hattrick for the away team? Jimmy ______.
  25. 47. Grimsby-born snooker commentator who won the 1985 World Billiards Championships at the Hatton Garden Snooker Centre. ___ Edmonds
  26. 48. Venue for Spurs 3-1 win over Sheffield Utd in the 1900-1 FA Cup Final Replay. _______ Park
  27. 49. Archer Simon ______. Winner of Olympic Bronze in the Badminton mixed doubles, along with partner Joanne Goode
  28. 50. Tiger Woods' real first name
  29. 51. This woman who won 21 grandslam doubles titles, was married to George Lazenby from 2002 to 2008
  30. 52. Chicago Bulls won 6 NBA Championships in the 1990s under this Head Coach. ____ Jackson
  31. 55. Jennifer ________. Female tennis player who made her professional debut in 1990 aged 13 years, 11 months
  32. 56. Most catches (4) by a substitute fielder in a test innings (for Pakistan v Bangladesh in 2001). ______ Khan
  33. 57. Former Commonwealth Heavyweight Boxing Champion who fought Mike Tyson in 2000, went to Abbey Wood school. ______ Francis
  34. 59. Malcolm ______. The only Englishman to win the Challenge Cup and Australian Grand Final as both player and coach
  35. 60. Martin ____. Holds the record for British jump racing's most (15) Champion Trainer titles
  36. 64. Dave _______. Ex Hendon defender who made 52 appearances for St Albans in the 1972-3
  37. 66. 3rd leading test wicker taker of all time
  38. 71. The only player (male or female) to do the Golden Slam (Grand Slam, plus Olympic Gold in the same calendar year)
  39. 72. Racehorse that won the 1986 Grand National with Richard Dunwoody, 4 years after being run over by a lorry near it's stables
  40. 73. Richard ______. Three times World Singles Indoor Bowls Champion (1989/91/93)
  41. 77. Cray Valley (PM) FC's ground 'The Artic Stadium' is situated on this thoroughfare in South-East London
  42. 79. Running Back with Dallas Cowboys and Arizona Cardinals. At 18,355, he holds the record for the most career rushing yards. ______ Smith
  43. 81. Dennis _________. PDC's first ever World Champion in 1994 - taking the £16,000 top prize
  44. 83. 1991 World Champion in the Men's 4 x 400m relay along side Roger Black, Derek Redmond and John Regis
  45. 85. European tennis player, ranked men's World no.1 from August 1973 to June 1974. ____ Nastase
  46. 88. John _____. Ex Barnet midfielder who made 158 appearances for St Albans after joining from Letchworth
  47. 89. Simone _____. American who is widely regarded as the best female gymnast of all time, having won 30 combined medals at Worlds/Olympics
  48. 91. This team has faced the New York Yankees in 11 World Series, between 1941 and 1981.
  49. 93. Ryan _________. This player signed for Spurs in 2019 for £25m, the most expensive Englishman to join the club
  50. 94. Won 3 gold Commonwealth Table Tennis Championship Gold medals in 1989, subsequently becoming the first black sports agent
  51. 95. University of _________. College team with the most (43) NCAA bowl titles
  52. 97. Christian name of England's only try scorer in the 2003 Rugby Union World Cup Final v Australia