And HISTORY marches on.................

[Slammer223]

I want to say Baltimore came close in the early Seventies.It's funny how you didn't include hockey as a major sport,very indicative of their loss in popularity.Brady and Moss seem to just be playing catch in the backyard sometimes.Oops,the moment I typed that a Miami defender interrupted their game of catch with Brady's seventh (yes 7th) pick of the year.Geez Louise.I think some poor soul had 5 or 6 picks in one game this year.

[BassDawg]

Originally Posted by Slammer223

I want to say Baltimore came close in the early Seventies.It's funny how you didn't include hockey as a major sport,very indicative of their loss in popularity.Brady and Moss seem to just be playing catch in the backyard sometimes.Oops,the moment I typed that a Miami defender interrupted their game of catch with Brady's seventh (yes 7th) pick of the year.Geez Louise.I think some poor soul had 5 or 6 picks in one game this year.

I love hockey and DO consider it one of the four major sports, i just didn't think that the Bruins were germaine to the question.

If the "B's" were a better team, and had even the remotest of shots at The Stanley Cup, then we could be considering an all 4 Champs Feat, that I know has never been done! Gonna have to get out the Sports Almanac for the Cities that may or may not have done this.

I think that you're right, Slammer, Baltimore accomplished the two sports Championships in the early 70's! Earl Weaver, Jim Palmer, Don Baylor, Boog Powell, Davey Johnson, and Brooks and Frank Robinsons for the 1970 O's. What a team!!! The Colts of 1970-1971 were Johnny Unitas, Ted Hendricks, Bubba Smith, Billy Ray Smith, Ray Perkins, John Mackey, Eddie Hinton, and Jim O'Brien ~a real blue collar team!! Champs, thru and thru.

Did Pittsburgh garner the two sports titles with the Steel Curtain and the Pesky Pirates? If all three have been won before, it was quite the accomplishment, I'd be verrrry happy with just the two, but the way these Celts have been looking................it's at the least, something we can hope for !

[Mike P]

The problem with "same year" championships is that the Super Bowl is played in the year following the regular season. The Jets may have won the SB in 1969, but it came after the 1968 season. Not quite the same year as the Mets won the Series.

Hockey and basketball, at least there the regular season spans two years.

Nobody refers to that great Bears team as the "86" Bears even though they won the SB in 1986--they're the 85 Bears.