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Did you know
...that in 1962, the
Mount Washington Lacrosse Club
was forced to win an
overtime
game for a second time because a
sudden death
goal was scored during a
television timeout
?
...that
Ruth Riley
, an
all-star
center
in the
Women's National Basketball Association
, also wrote a
children's book
?
...that
Australian
swimmer
Fanny Durack
was considered to be the world's greatest female swimmer from
1910
until
1918
?
...that
Italo Santelli
(pictured, left)
is widely considered to be the "
father
of modern
sabre
fencing
"?
...that
Lee McClung
, a
College Football Hall of Famer
, also served as
Treasurer of the United States
, advocating the withdrawal of worn, dirty banknotes on sanitary grounds?
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