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and Field
Auto Racing
Richard Petty
10 consecutive NASCAR wins.
Richard Petty
and Darrell Waltrip
Four consecutive NASCAR races won from the pole.
Baseball
Joe DiMaggio
56 consecutive games with a hit.
Oscar Grimes
17 consecutive games with an RBI
Ken Griffey.,
Don Mattingly
Eight consecutive games with a homer
Oral Hershiser
59 consecutive scoreless innings.
Carl Hubbell
24 consecutive games won.
Harvey Haddix
36 consecutive batters retired
Lee Smith
546 consecutive games without an error
Pro Basketball
Wilt Chamberlain
Seven consecutive games with 50 or more points.
Wilt Chamberlain
14 consecutive games with 40 or more points.
Wilt Chamberlain
65 consecutive games with 30 or more points.
Wilt Chamberlain
126 consecutive games with 20 or more points.
Michael Jordan
840 consecutive games with 10 or more points.
Wilt Chamberlain
35 consecutive shots from the field without a miss.
Dana Barros
89 consecutive games with a three-point field goal.
Michael Williams
97 consecutive free throws made.
Bowling
Jeremy Sonnenfield
36 consecutive strikes by a male.
Jeanne Naccarato
40 consecutive strikes by a female.
Boxing
Sugar Ray Robinson
85 consecutive amateur wins
Rocky Marciano
49-0 career record.
Cycling
Miguel Indurain
Five consecutive victories in the Tour de France.
Pro Football
Lenny Moore
18 consecutive games scoring a touchdown.
Fred Cox
31 consecutive games with a field goal.
Gary Anderson
40 consecutive field goals made.
John Riggins,
George Rogers
13 consecutive games rushing for a touchdown.
Jerry Rice
13 consecutive games catching a touchdown pass.
Tom Morrow
Eight consecutive games intercepting a pass.
Joh Unitas
47 consecutive games with a touchdown pass.
Golf
Byron Nelson
11 consecutive PGA Tour victories.
Nancy Lopez
Five consecutive LPGA Tour victories.
Walter Hagen,
Gene Sarazen
Four consecutive wins in one event (Hagen: PGA; Sarazen: Miami
Open)
Hockey
Harry Broadbent
16 consecutive games with a goal.
Wayne Gretsky
23 consecutive games with an assist.
Wayne Gretsky
51 consecutive games with a point.
Horse Racing
Cigar, Citation, Hallowed
Dreams
16 consecutive wins for a modern-day North American thoroughbred.
Albert Adams,
Tony Black
Nine consecutive victories by a jockey.
Olympics
Aladar Gerevich
Six consecutive victories in the same even (team sabre fencing).
Soccer
Wolde Selassie Harris,
Raul Diaz Arce
Goals scored in seven consecutive Major League Soccer games.
Tennis
Bjorn Borg
49 consecutive ATP matches won.
Jimmy Connors
160 consecutived weeks ranked No. 1 in ATP.
Martina Navratilova
74 consecutive WTA matches won.
Steffi Graf
186 consecutive weeks ranked No. 1 in WTA.
Track and Field
Edwin Moses
122 consecutive wins in the 400-meter hurdles.
Source: Baltimore Sun: Sunday, Dec 10, 2000
<http://www.baltimoresun.com>
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